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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. reflecting light;
- Example: "glistening bodies of swimmers"
- Example: "the horse's glossy coat"
- Example: "lustrous auburn hair"
- Example: "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"
- Example: "shining white enamel"
[syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

glistening \glistening\ adj. Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than scattering it. Syn: glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny. [WordNet 1.5]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glistening adj 1: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "glistening": blinking, blinky, burnished, coruscant, coruscating, gleaming, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistering, glittering, glittery, glossy, lustrous, polished, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, sheeny, shimmering, shimmery, shining, shiny, spangly, sparkling, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly