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glimmering
adj. sparkling; flickering; shining faintly
 
n. sparkle; flicker; faint light; gleam
 
glimmer
v. sparkle; flicker, blink; shine faintly


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glimmering
Noun
1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
(synonym) inkling, intimation, glimmer
(hypernym) suggestion
Adjective
1. shining softly and intermittently; "the glimmering mist of a spring rain splashed by sun and streaked by rainbow"- Claudia Cassidy; "glimmering candlelight"
(synonym) glimmery
(similar) bright

 
glimmer
Noun
1. a flash of light (especially reflected light)
(synonym) gleam, gleaming
(hypernym) flash
(derivation) gleam
2. a slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen"
(synonym) inkling, intimation, glimmering
(hypernym) suggestion
Verb
1. shine brightly, like a star or a light
(synonym) gleam
(hypernym) radiate
(derivation) gleam, gleaming



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Glimmering
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Glimmer
  
 
(n.)
Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer.
  
 
(n.)
A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling.
  

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glimmering
Synonyms and related words:
a little learning, amateurism, blink, blinking, blinky, broad hint, clue, coruscant, coruscating, coruscation, cue, dilettantism, dilettantship, firefly, gentle hint, gesture, glimmer, glimmerous, glimmery, glimpse, glisten, glistening, glister, glistering, glitter, glittering, glittery, glowworm, half-learning, hint, imperfect knowledge, implication, index, indication, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intimation, kick, look, nod, nudge, prompt, scent, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating, scintillation, scintillescent, sciolism, semi-learning, shallowness, shimmer, shimmering, shimmery, sign, signal, slight knowledge, smattering, smattering of ignorance, smattering of knowledge, spangle, spangly, spark, sparkle, sparkling, spoor, stroboscopic light, suggestion, superficiality, surface-scratching, suspicion, symptom, telltale, tinsel, tinselly, track, twinkle, twinkling, twinkly, vague notion, whisper, wink
  

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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glimmering
danh từ ánh sáng le lói; chập chờn khái niệm mơ hồ to have a glimmering of the truth: có một khái niệm mơ hồ về sự thật
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