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- pronunciation:
- glI
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 n
- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
glistens, glistening, glistened |
| definition: |
to shine with reflected light, sometimes sparkling and sometimes softly lustrous.
The tinsel glistened on the Christmas tree.
- synonyms:
- glitter, shine, sparkle
- similar words:
- coruscate, glimmer, glint, glow, shimmer, twinkle
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| related words: |
blink, glare, glitter, shine, sparkle |
adverb + (v.)glisten
freshly, outside
(v.)glisten
+ adverb
brightly, darkly, dully, seductively, wetly
(v.)glisten
+ noun
afternoon,
boot,
branch,
brick,
brow,
cheek,
chin,
chocolate,
claw,
corner,
crystal,
dark,
dew,
diamond,
dress,
emotion,
excitement,
eyelash,
fang,
fat,
firelight,
flesh,
foliage,
forehead,
frost,
glass,
glaze,
gold,
grease,
jewel,
juice,
lash,
layer,
light,
marble,
mica,
mist,
moonlight,
neck,
nose,
obsidian,
oil,
perspiration,
petal,
plastic,
puddle,
rain,
ray,
rivulet,
sauce,
sheen,
silver,
sparkle,
sphere,
spotlight,
starlight,
streetlight,
sun,
sunlight,
sunset,
surface,
sweat,
tear,
tile,
torchlight,
web
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a sparkle or sheen.
Our eyes were dazzled by the glisten of the snow.- synonyms:
- sheen, sparkle
- similar words:
- flicker, glimmer, glint, glitter, glow, luster, shimmer, shine, twinkle
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| related words: |
blink |
| derivation: |
glisteningly (adv.) |
The word glisten
contains the following part:
-en1
Old English
verb-forming suffix
that means to cause to be or become or have
  More about this word part:
The suffix -en1 forms verbs from monosyllabic English adjectives.
Example words:
awaken, bedizen, blacken, brighten, broaden, chasten, cheapen, coarsen, dampen, darken, deaden, deafen, deepen, enlighten, enliven, fatten, flatten, foreshorten, freshen, frighten, gladden, glisten, harden, hasten, hoarsen, lengthen, lessen, lighten, loosen, moisten, neaten, redden, richen, ripen, sharpen, shorten, soften, steepen, straighten, strengthen, tauten, tighten, weaken, whiten, widen
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