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 Definitions for glittering: 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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glittering
adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
"his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the
scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";
"`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},
coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery,
scintillant, scintillating, {sparkling(a)}, sparkly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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43 Moby Thesaurus words for "glittering":
blinking, blinky, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, coruscant,
coruscating, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flashing,
flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glimmering,
glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittery, jaunty,
jazzy, rakish, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent,
shimmering, shimmery, showy, snazzy, spangly, sparkling, splashy,
splurgy, sporty, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly
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