Antonyms for shimmer

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : shim-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪm ər

Definition of shimmer

Origin : Old English scimerian "to glitter, shimmer, glisten, shine," related to (perhaps a frequentative of) scimian "to shine," from Proto-Germanic *skim- (cf. Swedish skimra, Dutch schemeren "to glitter," German schimmern), from PIE root *skai- "to gleam, to shine" (see shine (v.). Related: Shimmered; shimmering.

noun gleam
verb glisten

Example sentences :

They saw those rocks, through the shimmer of the surface glare.
Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White

Everything they do, everything they say, gets the colour and shimmer of the sea.
Extract from : « The Little Manx Nation - 1891 » by Hall Caine

The trees outside were casting a shimmer of green through the sunshine in the room.
Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott

There was a shimmer of light from the top and I took a closer look at it.
Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison

The blocks of ice flash and shimmer as they pass through the sunshine.
Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

Through her misted eyes she could barely see the shimmer of the cross.
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

True to his instincts, he saw in that awful carnage only the shimmer of his gold.
Extract from : « Hidden Treasures » by Harry A. Lewis

He could see the soft contour of her chin, a shimmer of warm, brown hair.
Extract from : « Mountain Blood » by Joseph Hergesheimer

There was a shimmer as of every colour in the rainbow; and a buzz that could only come from a hive full.
Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell

Its deep, dark vista was lit up only by the shimmer of a distant lake.
Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 » by Various

Synonyms for shimmer

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