Synonyms for glimmer

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : glim-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈglɪm ər

Top 10 synonyms for glimmer

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Définition of glimmer

Origin : early 14c., "shine brightly," a frequentative from Proto-Germanic *glim-, root of Old English glæm "brightness" (see gleam (n.)). Sense shifted 15c. to "shine faintly." Cf. Dutch glimmeren, German glimmeren "to shine dimly." Related: Glimmered; glimmering.

noun flash, sparkle
verb sparkle

Example sentences :

He looked from the window, and saw in the east the first glimmer of a lovely spring-day.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

But there he stopped, for he began to have a glimmer of where she was leading him.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

There was no light in the kitchen, and only a glimmer in the chamber above.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

As he had anticipated, the hunt had begun at the first glimmer of light.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

Then he looked up at her with a glimmer of anxiety in his eyes.
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

I can see some glimmer, as from a window with the blind drawn.'
Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle

I was rejoiced to see him there, but did not betray a glimmer of interest.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

There was scarcely one glimmer of light in the street as the Major walked along it.
Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon

At the end of the walk was an arbour, in which I could see the glimmer of something white.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

In five minutes more, he saw the glimmer of a light through the snow.
Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald

Antonyms for glimmer

dullness

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