'Glimmering' definitions:
Definition of 'glimmering'
(from WordNet)
noun
A slight suggestion or vague understanding; "he had no inkling what was about to happen" [syn: inkling, intimation, glimmering, glimmer]
Definition of 'Glimmering'
From: GCIDE
- Glimmer \Glim"mer\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glimmered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glimmering.] [Akin to G. glimmer a faint, trembling light, mica, glimmern to glimmer, glimmen to shine faintly, glow, Sw. glimma, Dan. glimre, D. glimmen, glimpen. See Gleam a ray, and cf. Glimpse.] To give feeble or scattered rays of light; to shine faintly; to show a faint, unsteady light; as, the glimmering dawn; a glimmering lamp. [1913 Webster]
- The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day. --Shak.
- Syn: To gleam; to glitter. See Gleam, Flash. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glimmering'
From: GCIDE
- Glimmering \Glim"mer*ing\, n.
- 1. Faint, unsteady light; a glimmer. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A faint view or idea; a glimpse; an inkling. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glimmering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a little learning,
- amateurism,
- blink,
- blinking,
- blinky,
- broad hint,
- clue,
- coruscant,
- coruscating,
- coruscation,
- cue,
- dilettantism,
- dilettantship,
- firefly,
- gentle hint,
- gesture,
- glimmer,
- glimmerous,
- glimmery,
- glimpse,
- glisten,
- glistening,
- glister,
- glistering,
- glitter,
- glittering,
- glittery,
- glowworm,
- half-learning,
- hint,
- imperfect knowledge,
- implication,
- index,
- indication,
- inkling,
- innuendo,
- insinuation,
- intimation,
- kick,
- look,
- nod,
- nudge,
- prompt,
- scent,
- scintilla,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- scintillation,
- scintillescent,
- sciolism,
- semi-learning,
- shallowness,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- shimmery,
- sign,
- signal,
- slight knowledge,
- smattering,
- smattering of ignorance,
- smattering of knowledge,
- spangle,
- spangly,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- sparkling,
- spoor,
- stroboscopic light,
- suggestion,
- superficiality,
- surface-scratching,
- suspicion,
- symptom,
- telltale,
- tinsel,
- tinselly,
- track,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- twinkly,
- vague notion,
- whisper,
- wink