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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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