GLITTERING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glittering mean? 

• GLITTERING (adjective)
  The adjective GLITTERING has 1 sense:

1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

  Familiarity information: GLITTERING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLITTERING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light

Synonyms:

aglitter; coruscant; fulgid; glinting; glistering; glittering; glittery; scintillant; scintillating; sparkly

Context example:

'glistering' is an archaic term

Similar:

bright (emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts)

 Context examples 

The next morning when he awoke he lifted up his pillow, and there lay the piece of gold glittering underneath; the same happened next day, and indeed every day when he arose.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Rare aspects like this are ones you would notice, but for this to happen, you must decide how to best use this glittering day to your advantage.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

He took a pill-box from his pocket, and spilled out of it a beautiful glittering diamond, one of the finest stones that I have ever seen.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Alleyne, standing with his sword drawn amidst the archers, saw a long toss and heave of the glittering squadrons.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As I fixed my eyes on the child, I saw something glittering on his breast.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

"It might pass for the present," he said; "but he would yet see me glittering like a parterre."

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

It was a dark, handsome, clear-cut face which confronted Milverton—a face with a curved nose, strong, dark eyebrows shading hard, glittering eyes, and a straight, thin-lipped mouth set in a dangerous smile.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He watched Hans and Edith with glittering eyes, but made no attempt to speak.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

They walked over a pavement of the same green marble, and where the blocks were joined together were rows of emeralds, set closely, and glittering in the brightness of the sun.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Cold and grey and glittering they were as he bowed brusquely and turned away.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)