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as a verb: - 1
glitter
noun
1 glitter
The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.
synonyms: glisten, glister, scintillation, sparkle.
Roget 882:
ostentation,
display,
show,
flourish,
parade,
etalage [Fr.],
pomp,
array,
state,
solemnity;
dash,
splash,
splurge,
glitter,
strut,
pomposity;
pretense,
pretensions;
showing off;
fuss.
magnificence,
splendor;
coup d'oeil [Fr.];
grand doings.
coup de theatre;
stage effect,
stage trick;
claptrap;
mise en scene [Fr.];
tour de force;
chic.
demonstration,
flying colors;
tomfoolery;
flourish of trumpets
etc.
(celebration)
883;
pageant,
pageantry;
spectacle,
exhibition,
exposition,
procession;
turn out,
set out;
grand function;
f=ete,
gala,
field day,
review,
march past,
promenade,
insubstantial pageant.
dress;
court dress,
full dress,
evening dress,
ball dress,
fancy dress;
tailoring,
millinery,
man millinery,
frippery,
foppery,
equipage.
ceremony,
ceremonial;
ritual;
form,
formality;
etiquette;
puncto [Lat.],
punctilio,
punctiliousness;
starched stateliness,
stateliness.
mummery,
solemn mockery,
mouth honor.
attitudinarian†;
fop
etc.
854.
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Dutch: schitteren
2 glitter
verb
1 glitter
Be shiny, as if wet.
synonyms: gleam, glint, glisten, shine.
Roget 420:
shine,
glow,
glitter;
glister,
glisten;
twinkle,
gleam;
flare,
flare up;
glare,
beam,
shimmer,
glimmer,
flicker,
sparkle,
scintillate,
coruscate,
flash,
blaze;
be bright
etc.
adj.;
reflect light,
daze,
dazzle,
bedazzle,
radiate,
shoot out beams;
fulgurate.
clear up,
brighten.
lighten,
enlighten;
levin†;
light,
light up;
irradiate,
shine upon;
give out a light,
hang out a light;
cast light upon,
cast light in,
throw light upon,
throw light in,
shed light upon,
shed luster upon;
illume†,
illumine,
illuminate;
relume†,
strike a light;
kindle
etc.
(set fire to)
384.
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Roget 873:
be conscious of glory;
be proud of
etc.
(pride)
878;
exult
etc.
(boast)
884;
be vain of
etc.
(vanity)
880.
be distinguished
etc.
adj.;
shine
etc.
(light)
420;
shine forth,
figure;
cut a figure,
make a dash,
make a splash.
rival,
surpass;
outshine,
outrival,
outvie†,
outjump;
emulate,
eclipse;
throw into the shade,
cast into the shade;
overshadow.
live,
flourish,
glitter,
flaunt,
gain honor,
acquire honor
etc.
n.;
play first fiddle
etc.
(be of importance)
642,
bear the palm,
bear the bell;
lead the way;
take precedence,
take the wall of;
gain laurels,
win laurels,
gain spurs,
gain golden opinions
etc.
(approbation)
931;
take one's degree,
pass one's examination.
make a noise,
make some noise,
make a noise in the world;
leave one's mark,
exalt one's horn,
blow one's horn,
star it,
have a run,
be run after;
come into vogue,
come to the front;
raise one's head.
enthrone,
signalize,
immortalize,
deify,
exalt to the skies;
hand one's name down to posterity.
consecrate;
dedicate to,
devote to;
enshrine,
inscribe,
blazon,
lionize,
blow the trumpet,
crown with laurel.
confer honor on,
reflect honor on
etc.
v.;
shed a luster on;
redound. to one's honor,
ennoble.
give honor to,
do honor to,
pay honor to,
render honor to;
honor,
accredit,
pay regard to,
dignify,
glorify;
sing praises to
etc.
(approve)
931;
lock up to;
exalt,
aggrandize,
elevate,
nobilitate [Lat.].
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Roget 882:
be ostentatious
etc.
adj.;
come forward,
put oneself forward;
attract attention,
star it.
cut a figure,
make a dash,
make a splash,
make a splurge,
cut a dash,
cut a splash,
cut a splurge;
figure,
figure away;
make a show,
make a display;
glitter.
show off,
show off one's paces;
parade,
march past;
display,
exhibit,
put forward,
hold up;
trot out,
hand out;
sport,
brandish,
blazon forth;
dangle,
dangle before the eyes.
cry up
etc.
(praise)
931;
proner [Fr.],
flaunt,
emblazon,
prink†,
set off,
mount,
have framed and glazed.
put a good face upon,
put a smiling face upon;
clean the outside of the platter
etc.
(disguise)
544.
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Moby thesaurus: be somebody, be something, bespangle, blatancy, blink, blinking, brazenness, brilliance, colorfulness, coruscate, coruscation, crudeness, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dash, dazzle, dazzlingness, extravagance, extravaganza, extravagation, figure, firefly, flagrancy, flamboyance, flash, flashiness, floridity, floridness, flourish, gaiety, garishness, gaudery, gaudiness, glamor, glance, glare, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glittering, glow, glowworm, gorgeousness, jauntiness, jazziness, live, loudness, luridness, make a figure, make a show, make a splash, meretriciousness, obtrusiveness, ostentation, pageantry, panache, pizzazz, refulgence, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, sensationalism, shamelessness, shimmer, shimmering, shine, showiness, spangle, spark, sparkle, spectacle, splash, splendor, splurge, sportiness, stroboscopic light, tawdriness, tinsel, twinkle, twinkling, vulgarness ... show more.
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