glitz

G2L1I1T1Z10
/ɡlɪts/

noun

Garish, brilliant showiness.

“The glitz of the award ceremony was obvious.”

Similar
glitz upflashinessgarishnessgaudinessloudnessbrashnessmeretriciousnesstawdriness
OriginGerman glitzern →
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Meanings

nounglitz (countable and uncountable, plural glitzes)

plural glitzes

  1. countableuncountableGarish, brilliant showiness.

    The glitz of the award ceremony was obvious.

    1 more example

    […] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.

    2012 October 13, “Very good, sir”, in The Economist, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2025
verbglitz (third-person singular simple present glitzes, present participle glitzing, simple past and past participle glitzed)

present singular third person glitzes · participle present glitzing · participle past glitzed · past glitzed

  1. To make glitzy.

    Synonyms: glitz up

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo make glitzy.

Similar
glitz up

More synonyms by meaning

nountasteless showiness

Similar
flashinessgarishnessgaudinessloudnessbrashnessmeretriciousnesstawdriness
Broader
tastelessness
Also see
brashnessflashinessgarishnessgaudinessloudnessmeretriciousnesstawdriness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Germanglitzern“glint”
  2. Englishglitz

Back-formation from glitzy, in turn from German glitzern (“glint”). Cognate with Old Norse glitra, glita (“glitter”) and Gothic 𐌲𐌻𐌹𐍄𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽 (glitmunjan, “glisten”).

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Translations

Czech okázalost, lesk
  • okázalostbrilliant showiness
  • leskbrilliant showiness
  • pompéznostbrilliant showiness
  • pozlátkobrilliant showiness
Dutch blits
  • blitsbrilliant showiness
Finnish kimallus, loisto
  • kimallusbrilliant showiness
  • loistobrilliant showiness
German Pomp
  • Pompbrilliant showiness

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with glitz

itskitsbitsblitzbritsquitswitsFitzknitsgritsspitzspritzFitz-it'son the fritzschizshvitz
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: glitz on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.