'Glitter' definitions:
Definition of 'glitter'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle]
noun
The occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: glitter, sparkle, coruscation]
verb
Definition of 'Glitter'
From: GCIDE
- Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. & vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG. gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword. [1913 Webster]
- The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive; as, the glittering scenes of a court.
- Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare. See Gleam, Flash. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Glitter'
From: GCIDE
- Glitter \Glit"ter\, n. A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'glitter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be somebody,
- be something,
- bespangle,
- blatancy,
- blink,
- blinking,
- brazenness,
- brilliance,
- colorfulness,
- coruscate,
- coruscation,
- crudeness,
- cut a dash,
- cut a figure,
- cut a swath,
- dash,
- dazzle,
- dazzlingness,
- extravagance,
- extravaganza,
- extravagation,
- figure,
- firefly,
- flagrancy,
- flamboyance,
- flash,
- flashiness,
- floridity,
- floridness,
- flourish,
- gaiety,
- garishness,
- gaudery,
- gaudiness,
- glamor,
- glance,
- glare,
- gleam,
- glimmer,
- glimmering,
- glint,
- glisk,
- glisten,
- glister,
- glittering,
- glow,
- glowworm,
- gorgeousness,
- jauntiness,
- jazziness,
- live,
- loudness,
- luridness,
- make a figure,
- make a show,
- make a splash,
- meretriciousness,
- obtrusiveness,
- ostentation,
- pageantry,
- panache,
- pizzazz,
- refulgence,
- scintilla,
- scintillate,
- scintillation,
- sensationalism,
- shamelessness,
- shimmer,
- shimmering,
- shine,
- showiness,
- spangle,
- spark,
- sparkle,
- spectacle,
- splash,
- splendor,
- splurge,
- sportiness,
- stroboscopic light,
- tawdriness,
- tinsel,
- twinkle,
- twinkling,
- vulgarness