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Synonyms for glittering
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : glit-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈglɪt ər |
Définition of glittering
Origin :- c.1300, glideren (late 14c. as gliteren), from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse glitra "to glitter," from glit "brightness," from Proto-Germanic *glit- "shining, bright" (cf. Old English glitenian "to glitter, shine; be distinguished," Old High German glizzan, German glitzern, Gothic glitmunjan), from PIE *ghleid- (cf. Greek khlidon, khlidos "ornament"), from root *ghel- "to shine, glitter" (see glass). Related: Glittered; glittering. The noun is c.1600, from the verb. Glitter rock is from 1972.
- adj gleaming
- He was a king, though without the empty title or the glittering crown.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Carefully Siegfried lifted the glittering shield and laid it to one side.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- There were domed tombs of saints, glittering like snow-palaces in the sun.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- You'll have to sic some other poor devil on this glittering proposition of yours.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- She lingered for a moment, looking out into a glittering world.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- I looked at her pale cheek and glittering eye, but answered nothing.
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- He looked down at his sister with glittering and unsteady eyes.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- He paused, scrutinizing the faces of Atherstone and Marion with his glittering eyes.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- But the heavens were a brass blaze by day and a glittering mask of stars by night.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- Like the Ancient Mariner, he held her with his glittering spectacles.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
Antonyms for glittering
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