Search Result for "glisten":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light;
[syn: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkle]
VERB (1)
1. be shiny, as if wet;
- Example: "His eyes were glistening"
[syn: glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Glisten \Glis"ten\ (gl[i^]s"'n), 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. [1913 Webster]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
