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Glittering definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GLIT'TERING, ppr. Shining; splendid; brilliant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: 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, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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[=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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You use glittering to indicate that something is very impressive or successful. ...a brilliant school pupil destined for a glittering academic career. ...a glittering array of celebrities. ADJ: ADJ n

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