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Adjective glittering has 1 sense
- aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly - 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"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via bright)
Verb glitter has 1 sense
- glitter, glisten, glint, gleam, shine - be shiny, as if wet; "His eyes were glistening"
--1 is one way to look, appear, seem
Sample sentences:
Lights glitter on the horizon
The horizon is glittering with lights
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