'Glittering' definitions:
Definition of 'glittering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]
Definition of 'Glittering'
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]
Synonyms of 'glittering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- blinking,
- blinky,
- brave,
- bravura,
- braw,
- chichi,
- coruscant,
- coruscating,
- daring,
- dashing,
- dressy,
- exhibitionistic,
- flashing,
- flashy,
- flaunting,
- frilly,
- frothy,
- gallant,
- gay,
- glimmering,
- glimmerous,
- glimmery,
- glistening,
- glistering,
- glittery,
- jaunty,
- jazzy,
- rakish,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- scintillescent,
- shimmering,
- shimmery,
- showy,
- snazzy,
- spangly,
- sparkling,
- splashy,
- splurgy,
- sporty,
- tinselly,
- twinkling,
- twinkly