shimmering
adj.
emitting a soft flickering light, glimmering, glistening, gleaming; quivering, flickering, wavering
shimmer
v.
emit a soft flickering light, glimmer, glisten, gleam; quiver, flicker, waver
shimmer
Noun
1. a weak and tremulous light; "the shimmer of colors on iridescent feathers"; "the play of light on the water"
(synonym) play
(hypernym) change, alteration, modification
Verb
1. shine with a weak or fitful light; "Beech leaves shimmered in the moonlight"
(hypernym) shine, beam
(derivation) play
2. give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk
(hypernym) glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine
(derivation) play
Shimmering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Shimmer
(n.)
A gleam or glimmering.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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shimmering
Synonyms and related words:
blink, blinking, blinky, coruscant, coruscating, coruscation, firefly, glimmer, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering, glitter, glittering, glittery, glowworm, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating, scintillation, scintillescent, shimmer, shimmery, spangle, spangly, spark, sparkle, sparkling, stroboscopic light, tinsel, tinselly, twinkle, twinkling, twinkly
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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