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4 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glitter \Glit"ter\, noun A bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy; as, the glitter of arms; the glitter of royal equipage. --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Glitter \Glit"ter\, verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra, Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[=i]tan, OHG. gl[=i]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E. glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering sword.
The field yet glitters with the pomp of war. --Dryden.
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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
glitter
noun
1: the quality of glittering or sparkling brightly [syn: {glister}, {glisten}, {scintillation}, {sparkle}]
2: the occurrence of a small flash or spark [syn: {sparkle}, {coruscation}]
verb: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: {glisten}, {glint}, {gleam}, {shine}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "glitter": 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
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