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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
glittering
    adj 1: 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" [syn: aglitter(p), coruscant,
           fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering,
           glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Glittered; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Glittering.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
   Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
   gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
   glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
   [1913 Webster]
   1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
      broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
      sword.
      [1913 Webster]

            The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                  --Dryden.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
      as, the glittering scenes of a court.

   Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
        See Gleam, Flash.
        [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for Glittering:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
blinking, blinky, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, coruscant, coruscating, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flashing, flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glimmering, glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittery, jaunty, jazzy, rakish, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent, shimmering, shimmery, showy, snazzy, spangly, sparkling, splashy, splurgy, sporty, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly
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