to glister
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8.8
- verb
- /ˈɡlɪstər/
- Archaic
:
brillar
- She watched the diamonds glister under the bright lights of the chandelier.
Examples
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The dew on the grass glistered in the early morning sunlight.
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For although he did not blast his way through rock, he blasted through what was even harder... namely, the human soul... right into where it glistered!
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My great-grandfather distilled corn all his days, for fun and profit, and took the glistering bitumen more or less for granted, firing his still with it and burning it for heat in the winter.
Fiction book (1993) -
As when the golden sun salutes the morn... and, having gilt the ocean with his beams, gallops the zodiac in his glistering coach... and overlooks the highest peering hills.
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The stars glister in the night sky, creating a beautiful display.
Synonyms
428
1.0
To send out or reflect light and look bright
70
1.9
To shine softly, often on a smooth or wet surface
52
1.3
To shine with many small bright points of light on something
49
4.1
Shine with a soft light, like when wet or polished
26
1.5
To shine with small quick flashes of light, often in eyes or stars
26
1.0
To shine with small bright flashes of light
19
3.9
To shine briefly with a small flash as light bounces off something
4
4.0
Shine or sparkle when light hits them
2
8.5
To give off small bright flashes of light
1
7.4
To shine as if covered with small shiny pieces
1
4.1
To shine brightly when light bounces off a surface
Antonyms
How Bright
Surface Forms
Etymology
Glister as a verb is like glisten and glitter and comes from an old word that meant 'to shine', and people may have made the sound to match tiny flashes of light. So to glister is to 'shine' or sparkle with small bright points.