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sparkle
noun
1 sparkle
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance:
— He had a sparkle in his eye.
synonyms: light, spark, twinkle.
Polish: iskra, iskierka
2 sparkle
3 sparkle
verb
1 sparkle
Reflect brightly:
— Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside.
synonyms: coruscate, scintillate.
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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2 sparkle
Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity:
— The musical performance sparkled.
synonyms: coruscate, scintillate.
3 sparkle
Emit or produce sparks.
synonym: spark.
4 sparkle
Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth.
Roget 353:
bubble,
boil,
foam,
froth,
mantle,
sparkle,
guggle†,
gurgle;
effervesce,
ferment,
fizzle.
Dutch: bruisen, schuimen
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