glimmering
[glim-er-ing]
noun
a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
a faint glimpse or idea; inkling.
adjective
shining faintly or unsteadily; shimmering.
Origin of glimmering
glimmer
[glim-er]
noun
verb (used without object)
Origin of glimmer
1300–50; Middle English glimeren to gleam; cognate with German glimmern; compare Old English gleomu splendor
Synonyms for glimmer
1. See gleam.
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Related Words for glimmering
glisten, twinkle, gleam, flicker, shimmer, glint, shine, flash, blink, coruscate, fade, glister, scintillate, glance, glitter, glowExamples from the Web for glimmering
Contemporary Examples of glimmering
As I drove home that night around eight, Long Island Sound was pitch-black, apart from the glimmering reflection of light poles.
I was very young and I thought that the whole experience was a wonderful adventure and a glimmering portal to the future.
Historical Examples of glimmering
A glimmering of the truth came to Dunk, and his eyes narrowed.
Chip, of the Flying UB. M. Bower
And the lamps shone round them, and above them was the glimmering moon.
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
Zora knows this glimmering light is not love, but renunciation.
MelomaniacsJames Huneker
The glimmering of an explanation of this did not come until a long time afterward.
DisownedVictor Endersby
Side by side they had sat, watching that glimmering scene about them.
glimmer
verb (intr)
noun
Word Origin for glimmer
C14: compare Middle High German glimmern, Swedish glimra, Danish glimre
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