glimmer

Speech parts

1. glimmer - Noun

2. glimmer - Verb

Meaning

To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp.

A faint, unsteady light; feeble, scattered rays of light; also, a gleam.

Mica. See Mica.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

twinkle sparkle intimation flicker gleaming gleam inkling shimmer glimmering ray firefly sunbeam mica lumen lustre
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Antonyms

world radiance blanch bonanza dark beam
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Hypernyms

suggestion flash radiate

Phrases with the word

a glimmer glimmer of light celestial glimmer

Derivatives

glimmered glimmering

Examples

he had no inkling what was about to happen Source: Internet

After another week without significant leaps in the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations or deaths, British Columbians have been given a glimmer of hope about the future. Source: Internet

A film as mournful about time’s passage as Once Upon A Time… in Hollywood, but with an admittedly brief glimmer of hope. Source: Internet

As the pandemic reaches new heights, with nearly 12 million cases and 260,000 deaths recorded in the U.S. to date, a glimmer of hope is on the horizon. Source: Internet

A character who loves killing in rather inventive ways, who thrives off violence, but has enough of a glimmer of a conscious to want to change. Source: Internet

Collingwood president and broadcaster Eddie McGuire said the major sports could be a "glimmer of light in a dark time". Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

glim glimepiride glimflashy glimmer of hope glimmer of light glimmer-gowk