Local English word record

glinting

adjective · 1 sense

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

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Examples

  • bugle beads all aglitter
  • glinting eyes
  • glinting water
  • his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
  • shop window full of glittering Christmas trees

Word relationships

Synonyms

aglitter(p), coruscant, fulgid, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly

Source and method

This page uses the locally materialized K5English vocabulary cohort. WordNet, where present, is enrichment only and does not determine K-5 admission.

Princeton WordNet 3.0