shimmer

  • 31shimmer — Synonyms and related words: blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, gloss, glow, glowworm, light, ripple, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation,… …

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  • 32shimmer — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flicker, glimmer, gleam, sheen, glint, twinkle. See light. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glisten, glow, gleam, flash; see shine 1 . See Synonym Study at flash . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. 1. flash… …

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  • 33shimmer — shim·mer || ʃɪmÉ™(r) n. glimmer, gleam; flickering light v. emit a soft flickering light, glimmer, glisten, gleam; quiver, flicker, waver …

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  • 34shimmer v — Six shimmering sharks sharply striking shins …

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  • 35shimmer — verb shine with a soft tremulous light. noun a light with such qualities. Derivatives shimmering adjective shimmeringly adverb shimmery adjective Origin OE scymrian, of Gmc origin; related to shine …

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  • 36shimmer — v. n. Glimmer, gleam, glisten, shine faintly …

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  • 37shimmer — v 1. glow, gleam faintly, shine; luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce, make radiant or lustrous; illuminate, illumine, Archaic. illume, Obs. en lumine; brighten, light up, cast light upon, make brilliant or luminous; radiate, irradiate, effulge;… …

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  • 38shimmer — shim·mer …

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  • 39shimmer — [ˈʃɪmə] verb [I] to reflect a gentle light that seems to shake slightly …

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  • 40shimmer — shim•mer [[t]ˈʃɪm ər[/t]] v. i. 1) to shine with or reflect a soft, tremulous light 2) to appear to quiver in faint light or while reflecting heat waves 3) a soft, tremulous light or gleam 4) mer a quivering motion or image as produced by… …

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