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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light;
- Example: "bugle beads all aglitter"
- Example: "glinting eyes"
- Example: "glinting water"
- Example: "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"
- Example: "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"
- Example: "glittery costume jewelry"
- Example: "scintillant mica"
- Example: "the scintillating stars"
- Example: "a dress with sparkly sequins"
- Example: "`glistering' is an archaic term"
[syn: aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
   Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
   gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
   glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
      broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
      sword.
      [1913 Webster]

            The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
      as, the glittering scenes of a court.

   Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
        See Gleam, Flash.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

glittering
    adj 1: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
           beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
           "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
           window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
           costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating
           stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is
           an archaic term" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
           fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
           glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "glittering":
   blinking, blinky, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, coruscant,
   coruscating, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flashing,
   flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glimmering,
   glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittery, jaunty,
   jazzy, rakish, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent,
   shimmering, shimmery, showy, snazzy, spangly, sparkling, splashy,
   splurgy, sporty, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly