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Antonyms for twinkling

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : twing-kling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtwɪŋ klɪŋ

Definition of twinkling

Origin :
  • Old English twinclian, frequentative of twincan "to wink, blink;" related to Middle High German zwinken, German zwinkern, and probably somehow imitative. The noun is recorded from 1540s. Related: Twinkled; twinkling. Phrase in the twinkling of an eye is attested from c.1300.
  • adj sparkling
  • noun a very short time
  • noun sparkling
Example sentences :
  • Twinkling lights were all that I could see of the noted town.
  • Extract from : « On the Mexican Highlands » by William Seymour Edwards
  • Twinkling, shining, expanding, the stars grew into a pair of eyes in the darkness.
  • Extract from : « Camps and Trails » by Henry Abbott
  • Twinkling eyes with red lashes shone with the utmost good-will.
  • Extract from : « The Lamp in the Desert » by Ethel M. Dell
  • A beacon-light far off, Twinkling across the waves like a star!
  • Extract from : « Songs from Vagabondia » by Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey
  • Twinkling lights also appeared in the night heavens between the swiftly flying clouds.
  • Extract from : « Arachne, Complete » by Georg Ebers
  • Twinkling is much more violent near the horizon than near the zenith, and more pronounced on some nights than others.
  • Extract from : « Meteorology » by Charles Fitzhugh Talman
  • Twinkling so that there is gas, budding so that there is hair, blaming so that there is pleasing, all along the heap of all.
  • Extract from : « Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein » by Gertrude Stein
  • Twinkling among the houses a light keeps watch here and there, in what may be a sick chamber or two.
  • Extract from : « Roundabout Papers » by William Makepeace Thackeray
  • Twinkling camp fires showed that they were running toward a country that was literally swarming with Germans.
  • Extract from : « The Belgians to the Front » by Colonel James Fiske
  • Twinkling stars hung between the columns, burning with a fragrance like flowers.
  • Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne

Synonyms for twinkling

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