to flimmer
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9.1
- verb
- UK
- The candlelight flimmered as the wind passed through the open window.
Examples
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As the fireworks went off, sparks flimmered momentarily before fading away.
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The stars flimmered in the night sky, creating a beautiful spectacle.
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Then something in him flimmered out; he felt nothing when they threw Noi's body into the brush.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
137
1.0
To give a sudden short bright light
66
3.6
Move or shine in quick unsteady ways
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4.3
To shine with a soft, slightly moving light
48
1.5
To shine with small quick flashes of light, often in eyes or stars
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4.2
To burn or shine with a sudden bright light
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3.9
To shine briefly with a small flash as light bounces off something
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3.5
Giving light that goes on and off quickly, like a candle flame
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3.9
To shine with a weak, unsteady light
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3.3
Shining with small bright flashes of light
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2.5
To shine on and off quickly like a small light
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3.7
To go on and off quickly as a light or screen
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3.6
Shines with small bright flashes of light
To shine with a small quick flicker of light
Antonyms
How Bright
216
1.7
31
1.9
197
1.2
66
3.6
- UK
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9.1
11
3.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flimmer as a verb is remembered the same way: think of flicker and glimmer. To flimmer is to 'shine or move with a faint, wavering light', so a flame or small object that flimmers trembles and gives a weak, unsteady glow.