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 Definitions for Glitter: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Glitter \Glit"ter\, n.
A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster;
brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal
equipage. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
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1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
sword.
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The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
--Dryden.
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2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
as, the glittering scenes of a court.
Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
See Gleam, Flash.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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glitter
n 1: the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn: glister,
glisten, scintillation, sparkle]
2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: sparkle, coruscation]
v : be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glisten,
glint, gleam, shine]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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86 Moby Thesaurus words for "glitter":
be somebody, be something, bespangle, blatancy, blink, blinking,
brazenness, brilliance, colorfulness, coruscate, coruscation,
crudeness, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dash, dazzle,
dazzlingness, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, figure,
firefly, flagrancy, flamboyance, flash, flashiness, floridity,
floridness, flourish, gaiety, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness,
glamor, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk,
glisten, glister, glittering, glow, glowworm, gorgeousness,
jauntiness, jazziness, live, loudness, luridness, make a figure,
make a show, make a splash, meretriciousness, obtrusiveness,
ostentation, pageantry, panache, pizzazz, refulgence, scintilla,
scintillate, scintillation, sensationalism, shamelessness, shimmer,
shimmering, shine, showiness, spangle, spark, sparkle, spectacle,
splash, splendor, splurge, sportiness, stroboscopic light,
tawdriness, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, vulgarness
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