glittering as an adjective: - 1
glittering
adjective
1 glittering
Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light:
— His glittering eyes were cold and malevolent.
— Shop window full of glittering Christmas trees.
synonyms: aglitter, coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly.
Roget 847:
ornamented,
beautified
etc.
v.;
ornate,
rich,
gilt,
begilt†,
tesselated,
festooned;
champleve [Fr.],
cloisonne,
topiary.
smart,
gay,
trickly†,
flowery,
glittering;
new gilt,
new spangled;
fine as a Mayday queen,
fine as a fivepence†,
fine as a carrot fresh scraped;
pranked out,
bedight†,
well-groomed.
in full dress
etc.
(fashion)
852;
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
dressed to advantage;
in Sunday best,
en grand tenue [Fr.],
en grande toilette [Fr.];
in best bib and tucker,
endimanche [Fr.].
showy,
flashy;
gaudy
etc.
(vulgar)
851;
garish,
gairish†;
gorgeous.
ornamental,
decorative;
becoming
etc.
(accordant)
23.
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Roget 882:
ostentatious,
showy,
dashing,
pretentious;
janty†,
jaunty;
grand,
pompous,
palatial;
high-sounding;
turgid
etc.
(big-sounding)
577;
gairish†,
garish;
gaudy,
gaudy as a peacock,
gaudy as a butterfly,
gaudy as a tulip;
flaunting,
flashing,
flaming,
glittering;
gay
etc.
(ornate)
847.
splendid,
magnificent,
sumptuous.
theatrical,
dramatic,
spectacular;
ceremonial,
ritual.
solemn,
stately,
majestic,
formal,
stiff,
ceremonious,
punctilious,
starched.
dressed to kill,
dressed to the nines,
decjed out,
all decked out,
en granite tenue [Fr.],
in best bib and tucker,
in Sunday best,
endimanch_e,
chic.
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Polish: połyskliwy, połyskowy
Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.
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