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shimmery

shimmery

3 5.0
A soft, flickering shine that gently catches the light
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃɪməri/
translation icon : brillante
  • The surface of the water sparkled with a shimmery light under the moon.
  • shimmery shadow
  • shimmery silver
  • shimmery lip

But this one has a little bit more of like the shimmery highlight pigments.

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Examples

  • With her gold bodysuit and the bronze highlights in her dark-gold hair, she looked shimmery, magical, almost like a mermaid.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • It's really shimmery and cool looking though.

  • This is like a nice shimmery white color.

  • And the nice thing is it's in a kind of shimmery finish.

  • It's like slightly shimmery but not too much.

  • It's kind of like a shimmery gold.

  • This is just a really shimmery silver pink color.

  • This is grand entrance and it's a really shimmery kind of champagne color.

  • Mirage is this really beautiful, shimmery champagne pink.

  • The women musicians wore shimmery feminine gowns while playing the whole range of musical instruments.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

bright
vsshimmery
459 1.0

Full of strong light that makes a place easy to see

is a faint, tremulous shine rather than an intense strong glow
shiny
vsshimmery
302 1.0

Bright and smooth because it reflects light

is a wavering, delicate gleam rather than a strong clear reflection
luminous
vsshimmery
38 4.8

Shining with a soft steady light like a lantern

is a wavering, faint sparkle rather than a steady soft glow
sparkly
vsshimmery
30 2.3

Shining with many small bright points like glitter

is a softer trembling shine rather than being formed of many tiny lights
pearly
vsshimmery
22 3.2

Having a white, shiny look with a soft glow

is a faint vibrating shine rather than a specific white lustre
glittery
vsshimmery
11 2.7

Shining with many small, bright points of light

is a faint wavering gleam rather than being densely covered in tiny flashes
lustrous
vsshimmery
9 5.3

Shining with a soft, smooth glow like polished pearls

is a softer, flickering faint shine rather than broad reflective gloss
glowy
vsshimmery
5 5.6

A soft bright look that seems to shine from within

is a trembling, faint sparkle rather than a smooth steady radiance
sparkling
vsshimmery
5 1.3

Shining with small bright points like light on snow

is a faint, wavering glimmer rather than vivid lively flashes
glittering
vsshimmery
2 3.0

Shining with many small bright points like stars

is a softer faint sparkle rather than strong many bright flashes
opalescent
vsshimmery
1 8.2

Soft, shiny colors on a surface that look like a small rainbow

is a faint trembling gleam rather than a surface that shifts colors
sheeny
vsshimmery
1 6.7

Having a smooth, shiny surface that reflects light

is a trembling, faint sparkle rather than smooth continuous gloss
shining
vsshimmery
1 1.0

Bright and reflecting light because it is clean or polished

is a faint, trembling glint rather than an obvious bright gleam
pearlescent
vsshimmery
1 7.9

A shiny surface like a pearl that shows rainbow colors when you move it

is a simple soft wavering light rather than changing rainbow hues
twinkling
vsshimmery
3.3

Shining with small bright flashes of light

is a softer, wavering light rather than bright quick flashes
glinting
vsshimmery
3.6

Shines with small bright flashes of light

is a faint, tremulous glimmer rather than sharp bright flashes
flickery
vsshimmery
6.0

Light or image that changes quickly and is not steady

is a gentle, slowly wavering glow rather than rapid flickers
glistening
vsshimmery
3.4

Shining with bright light, often because it is wet or smooth

is a faint, wavering sparkle rather than strong reflected brightness
gleamy
vsshimmery
4.2

A smooth shiny surface that reflects light

is a faint, trembling gleam rather than steady reflective shine
metallic-colored
vsshimmery
5.5

A shiny color like metal, for example silver or gold

is a wavering faint light effect rather than a colour effect on surface
glistering
vsshimmery
  • Archaic
7.9

Shining with small bright points like light on water

is a gentler, trembling gleam rather than sharp bright points

Antonyms

31 1.0

Not bright or shiny with weak colour

2 3.5

Not shiny and showing little reflection

Compounds

Makeup for the eyelids that has a soft shiny finish

How Shiny

dazzling
2 3.1
sparkling
5 1.3
shiny
302 1.0
shimmery
3 5.0

Surface Forms

shimmery positive

Morphology

shimmery = shimmer (transparent) = shimmer + y

Formed by the productive adjectival suffix '-y' added to 'shimmer', meaning 'having or characterized by shimmer', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Shimmery comes from the verb shimmer, which is like a soft, moving 'shine', and the ending -y means 'full of', as in shiny. So, shimmery means 'full of soft, wavering light', which is why we use it for things that sparkle faintly.