GLISTEN DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
glisten n 1: the quality of shining with a bright reflected light [syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle] v 1: be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening" [syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine] glisten singlet Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary glisten (glistens, glistening, glistened) If something glistens, it shines, usually because it is wet or oily. The calm sea glistened in the sunlight... Darcy's face was white and glistening with sweat. VERB: V, V with n English Explanatory Dictionary glisten ˈɡlɪsn v. & n. --v.intr. shine, esp. like a wet object, snow, etc.; glitter. --n. a glitter; a sparkle. [OE glisnian f. glisian shine] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Glisten \Glis"ten\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening.] [OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i.] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars. Syn: See Flash. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms glisten v. n. ; (also glister) Sparkle, glitter, shine fitfully. See glance. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) glisten ˈɡlɪsn v. shine, reflect, glint, glimmer, gleam, sparkle, glitter, wink, blink; glow, gleam, twinkle: The lamplight glistened on his wet coat. A tear glistened on her cheek. :glitter v. 1 See glisten, above.: --n. 2 See gleam, 1, above. 3 See glamour, above. 4 showiness, gaudiness, garishness, flash, flashiness, ostentation, floridity or floridness, spectacle, pageantry, splendour, refulgence, brilliance, Colloq pizazz or pizzazz, razzle-dazzle, razzmatazz, Slang US glitz: In those days, Hollywood was all glitter. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 31 Moby Thesaurus words for "glisten": blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering, glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering, shine, spangle, spark, sparkle, stroboscopic light, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, wink |
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