shimmer
- to shine with or reflect a subdued, tremulous light; gleam faintly.
- to appear to quiver or vibrate in faint light or while reflecting heat waves.
- a subdued, tremulous light or gleam.
- a quivering or vibrating motion or image as produced by reflecting faint light or heat waves.
Origin of shimmer
Synonyms for shimmer
Related Words for shimmered
glint, glitter, sheen, glimmer, luster, shine, twinkle, gleam, sparkle, glow, gloss, glisten, spangle, flash, iridescence, coruscation, spark, scintillation, incandescence, phosphorescenceExamples from the Web for shimmered
Contemporary Examples of shimmered
Alan Cumming shimmered darkly and brilliantly as the emcee in the Cabaret performance.
Consider one bold, green dress with a voluminous skirt that shimmered with what looked like the green scales of an alligator.
In a strapless platinum sheath covered in paiettes by Armani Prive, Anne Hathaway shimmered on the carpet.
Historical Examples of shimmered
It shimmered and trembled like an iridescent bubble about to break.
The Cruise of the SnarkJack London
Shadows, formed by the water on the pane, shimmered on Fernando's face.
When the Owl CriesPaul Bartlett
In it was a strange, liquid which shone and shimmered in the half-darkness of the hut.
The King's AssegaiBertram Mitford
Then the sharp lines of the throne blurred; it shimmered in the light.
The People of the CraterAndrew North
He looked at the gauge that shimmered redly before him, disbelieving.
Sound of TerrorDon Berry
shimmer
- (intr) to shine with a glistening or tremulous light
- a faint, glistening, or tremulous light
Word Origin for shimmer
Word Origin and History for shimmered
shimmer
Old English scimerian "to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cf. Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren "to glitter," German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- "to gleam, to shine" (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering.
shimmer
"a tremulous light," 1821, from shimmer (v.).