Synonyms for glimpsed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : glimps

Phonetic Transcription : glɪmps

Top 10 synonyms for glimpsed

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Définition of glimpsed

Origin : c.1400, "to glisten, be dazzling," probably from Old English *glimsian "shine faintly," from Proto-Germanic *glim- (see gleam). If so, the intrusive -p- would be there to ease pronunciation. Sense of "catch a quick view" first recorded mid-15c. Related: Glimpsed. The noun is recorded from mid-16c.; earlier in verbal noun glimpsing (mid-14c.).

verb look briefly

Example sentences :

Her foot, glimpsed beneath her skirt, was slender and graceful, too.
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He glimpsed the boy in the kitchen doorway behind the sheriff.
Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts

Had she not glimpsed more, in those months at Highacres, than her mother dreamed?
Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott

In truth he had only glimpsed a darting figure, but one he knew!
Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland

A second time I glimpsed the Slav behind his veneer of civilization.
Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine

I raised her face from the barrel and when she glimpsed me she moved.
Extract from : « The Ideal » by Stanley Grauman Weinbaum

And now I glimpsed the face of Chautonville in the mass—the open mouth.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1915 » by Various

It was some time since Bunny had glimpsed a sight of the bungalow.
Extract from : « Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove » by Laura Lee Hope

What strange customs and science and civilization I glimpsed.
Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings

A couple of times, I glimpsed the eye reflections of small animals.
Extract from : « Attrition » by Jim Wannamaker

Antonyms for glimpsed

stare

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