Meanings
plural glimmers of hope
- A good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.
After more than a year of unrelenting bad economic numbers, we finally received a glimmer of hope.
2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in A Promised Land, CrownSynonyms: dawn of hope, flicker of hope, gleam of hope, ray of hope, shimmer of hope, sign of hope, sliver of hope, spark of hope
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.
Translations
Arabic بصيص الأمل
- بصيص الأملTranslations
Czech plamínek naděje
- plamínek nadějeTranslations
Finnish toivonpilkahdus
- toivonpilkahdusTranslations
French lueur d'espoir
- lueur d'espoirTranslations
German Hoffnungsschimmer
- HoffnungsschimmerTranslations
Italian barlume di speranza
- barlume di speranzaTranslations
Polish promyk nadziei, płomyk nadziei
- promyk nadzieiTranslations
- płomyk nadzieiTranslations
- iskierka nadzieiTranslations
Russian проблеск надежды
- проблеск надежды (problesk nadeždy)Translations
Swedish strimma av hopp
- strimma av hoppTranslations
Turkish umut ışığı
- umut ışığıTranslations
Cite this entry
glimmer of hope. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glimmer%20of%20hope
“glimmer of hope.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glimmer%20of%20hope. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glimmer of hope,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glimmer%20of%20hope.
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