GLITTERING Synonyms

• reflecting light

• softly bright or radiant

• radiating or as if radiating light

• brilliantly clever

• marked by high spirits or excitement

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• marked by exceptional merit

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• reflecting light

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• shining intermittently with a sparkling light

• a weak and tremulous light

• shine with a weak or fitful light

• give off a shimmering reflection, as of silk

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• be shiny, as if wet

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• the occurrence of a small flash or spark

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• reflect brightly

• be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity

• emit or produce sparks

• become bubbly or frothy or foaming

• having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

• the occurrence of a small flash or spark

• a sudden or striking display of brilliance

• an appearance of reflected light

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• be shiny, as if wet

• shine brightly, like a star or a light

• to shine with faint or brief light

• a momentary flash of light

• a spatially localized brightness

• be shiny, as if wet

• throw a glance at; take a brief look at

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• (physics) a flash of light that is produced in a phosphor when it absorbs a photon or ionizing particle

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• a brilliant display of wit

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• the twinkling of the stars caused when changes in the density of the earth's atmosphere produce uneven refraction of starlight

• the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

• be bright by reflecting or casting light

• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

• be shiny, as if wet

• be distinguished or eminent

• be clear and obvious

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• throw or flash the light of (a lamp)

• touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• make (a surface) shine