glistering

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adjective

Glistening, glittering, gleaming, shining.

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aglittercoruscantfulgidglintingglitteringglitteryscintillantscintillating
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Meanings

adjectiveglistering (comparative more glistering, superlative most glistering)

comparative more glistering · superlative most glistering · alternative glistring

  1. Glistening, glittering, gleaming, shining.

    The flying sparks are like the tiger's glistering eyes.

    1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 8, page 216
verb

alternative glistring

  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of glister

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving brief brilliant points or flashes of light

Similar
aglittercoruscantfulgidglintingglitteringglitteryscintillantscintillatingsparklybright
Also see
aglittercoruscantfulgidglintingglitteringglitteryscintillantscintillatingsparkly

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

glistering. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glistering

MLA

“glistering.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glistering. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glistering,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glistering.

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