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Definition: Glittering |
GlitteringAdjective1. Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glittering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1200. (references) |
Synonyms: GlitteringSynonyms: aglitter(p) (adj), fulgid (adj), glinting (adj), glistering (adj), glittery (adj), scintillant (adj), scintillating (adj), sparkling(a) (adj), sparkly (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Multitude | Phrase: their name is "legion"; acervatim; en foule;Phrase: their name is "legion"; acervatim; en foule; "many-headed multitude"; "numerous as glittering gems of morning dew"; vel prece vel pretio. |
Ornament | 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. |
Ostentation | Adjective: ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty, jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid; (big-sounding); gairish, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay; (ornate). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Glittering |
| English words defined with "glittering": aglitter ♦ bespangle, Bright-harnessed ♦ clinquant, Coruscant ♦ diamonte ♦ Emblaze ♦ fulgid ♦ Gemmy, glinting, glisten, glister, glistering, glitter, Glitterand, Glitteringly, glittery ♦ Relucent ♦ school, scintilla, scintillant, scintillating, scintillation, shoal, sparkle, sparkling, sparkly ♦ tinsel, tinseled, tinselly. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "glittering": tinsel yarn. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "glittering": incandescent. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Well, quite a glittering assemblage King Stephan (Sleeping Beauty; writing credit: Milt Banta; Winston Hibler) | |
Lyrics | Glittering lights (Never Too Far; performing artist: Mariah Carey) I prefer a sunless sky, to the glittering and stinging in my eyes (Tonight and the Rest of My Life; performing artist: Nina Gordon) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Cancer Fund Film Notables Attend Glittering Benefits (1951) Glittering Bloomers (2001) The Glittering Prizes (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Glittering stars and wisps of gas create a breathtaking backdrop for the self-destruction of a ... Credit: NASA. |  | A castle of glittering ice--Montreal's Midwinter Carnival, Canada. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Euripides | That glittering hope is immemorial and beckons many men to their undoing. |
Thomas Carlyle | Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Her mother, with the scarlet letter on her breast, glittering in its fantastic embroidery, had long been a familiar object to the townspeople |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | However, the glittering 6-8 percent annual growth rates of earlier years are unlikely to return. (references) |
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| "Glittering" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 52.66% of the time. "Glittering" is used about 376 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 52.66% | 198 | 21,729 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 44.68% | 168 | 24,050 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.13% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.53% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 376 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glittering": glittering-tongued. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
glittering | 10 |
generality glittering | 4 |
glittering judgement ring | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "glittering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | متلألئ (dazzling, gleamy, glistening, radiant, shimmering, shining, sparkling), لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shining, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, sparkling, star, staring). (various references) | |
Chinese | 闪烁 (Flickered, flickering, Gleamed, Gleaming, Glitter, Glittered, spangled, Spangling), ' (furtively glance). (various references) | |
Finnish | kimallus (glimmering). (various references) | |
French | scintillant (glimmering, glistening), clinquant, étincelant (gleaming). (various references) | |
German | glitzernd (glinting, glistening, twinkling), glanzvoll (brilliant, glamorous, glamourous, illustrious, sparkling), funkelnd (blazing, coruscating, gemmy, gleaming, scintillating, sparkling). (various references) | |
Hebrew | "ת וצצות (gleaming, sparkling), "ברק" (brightening, flashing). (various references) | |
Hungarian | csillogó (coruscating, glimmering, glistening, light, lustrous, Orient, resplendent, shining, shiny, spangly, starry). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gemilang (bright, brilliant, overwhelming, shining, sparkling), berkelap-kelip (blinking, glimmer, twinkling). (various references) | |
Italian | scintillio (sparkling, twinkle, twinkling), luccicante (shimmering, twinkling). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 輝かしい (brilliant, glorious). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | かがやかしい (brilliant, glorious). (various references) | |
Korean | 빛남 (Beaming, Brightening, Gleaming, Radiance, Raying, shining). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | itteringglay.(various references) | |
Romanian | scânteietor (brilliant, flash, flashing, sparkling, starry). (various references) | |
Scottish | lonnrach. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sjajan (beaming, bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, glace, glossal, glossy, gorgeous, luminous, lustrous, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, shiny, spanking, splendent, splendid, splendiferous), blistav (agleam, fulgent, glaring, glistening, luminous, resplendent, shining, shiny, sparkling, splendent). (various references) | |
Thai | น่าประทับใจ. (various references) | |
Turkish | göz alıcı (attractive, eye-catching, flamboyant, glamorous, grandiose, jazzy, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, screaming, spectacular, splendiferous, staring, striking), parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, brilliant, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, loud, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shining, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendid, star, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), şaşaalı (effulgent, luxurious, resplendent, splendent), ışıl ışıl (ablaze, agleam, alight, ardent, brightly, brilliant, brilliantly, flaring, fresh, fulgurant, glaring, glaringly, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, sparklingly, starry). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | спокусливий (alluring, aphrodisiac, desirable, enticing, fetching, pin up, piquant, provocative, provocatory, seductive, tempting, wooing), розкішний (baronial, beautiful, belgravian, bonzer, costly, dressy, exuberant, large, lordly, luxurious, palatial, ritzy, splendid, sumptuous, swank, upholstered, voluptuous), блискаючий (ablaze). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | coruscatio, coruscationem, coruscationes, corusco, fulgidus, fulgor, fulgora, fulgore, fulgoris, fulgorum, micantes, micantis, nitida, splendida, splendidae, splendidas, splendide, splendidum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 20, Verse 25 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Diexelqoi de dia swmatoV autou beloV astrapai de en diaitaiV autou peripathsaisan ep' autw foboi |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Eductus et egrediens de vagina sua et fulgurans in amaritudine sua vadent et venient super eum horribiles |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yes, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | He is pulling it out, and it comes out of his back; and its shining point comes out of his side; he is overcome by fears. |
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| Language | Job Chapter 20, Verse 25 |
| Albanian | Nxirret shigjeta që del nga trupi i tij, maja e shndritshme del nga vreri i tij, atë e pushton tmerri. |
| Cebuano | Kini iyang pagaibton, ug kini mogula sa iyang lawas; Oo, ang tumoy nga magapangidlap mogula gikan sa iyang apdo; Kaniya anaa ang mga kalisangan. |
| Chinese | 他 把 箭 一 抽 、 就 從 他 身 上 出 來 ． 發 光 的 箭 、 從 他 膽 中 出 來 ． 有 驚 惶 臨 在 他 身 上 。 |
| Croatian | Strijelu bi izvuk'o, al' mu probi leða, a šiljak blistavi viri mu iz žuèi. Kamo god krenuo, strepnje ga vrebaju, |
| Danish | en Kni kommer ud af hans Ryg, et lynende Stål af hans Galde; over ham falder Rædsler, |
| Dutch | Men zal het zwaard uittrekken, het zal uit het lijf uitgaan, en glinsterende uit zijn gal voortkomen; verschrikkingen zullen over hem zijn. |
| Finnish | kun hän vetää ulos selästään nuolen, käy hänen sappensa lävitse miekan salama. Kauhut valtaavat hänet, |
| French | Il arrache de son corps le trait, Qui étincelle au sortir de ses entrailles, Et il est en proie aux terreurs de la mort. |
| German | Ein bloßes Schwert wird durch ihn ausgehen; und des Schwertes Blitz, der ihm bitter sein wird, wird mit Schrecken über ihn fahren. |
| Hungarian | Kihúzza és az kijön a testébõl és kivillan az epéjébõl; rettegés támad felette. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia kena panah, sehingga luka; ujung panah yang berkilat menembus tubuhnya, maka ketakutan meliputi hatinya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | ia itu akan terus tembus dari pada tubuhnya dan keluar dari pada empedunya dengan gemerlapan, maka perkara yang hebatpun akan berlaku atasnya. |
| Italian | gli uscir il dardo dalla schiena, una spada lucente dal fegato. Lo assaliranno i terrori; |
| Maori | E unuhia ana, kua puta mai i roto i te tinana, ina, puta mai ana te mata wheriko i roto i tona au: kua tau nga wehi ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Når han så drar pilen ut av sin rygg, og den lynende odd kommer frem av hans galle, da faller dødsredsler over ham. |
| Portuguese | Ele arranca do seu corpo a flecha, que sai resplandecente do seu fel; terrores vêm sobre ele. |
| Rumanian | Kwi smulge din trup sqgeata, care schinteie la iewirea din fierea lui, wi kl apucq spaimele moryii. |
| Spanish | Saldrá una flecha por su espalda; y la punta resplandeciente, por su hiel. Los horrores vendrán sobre él. |
| Swedish | När han då drager i pilen och den kommer ut ur hans rygg, när den ljungande udden kommer fram ur hans galla, då falla dödsfasorna över honom. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "glittering": glitteringly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "glittering": outglittering. (additional references) | |
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"Glittering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: glitterings, guitaring. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glittering" (pronounced gli"tering) |
| 6 | -l i" t er i ng | littering. |
| 5 | -i" t er i ng | frittering. |
| 4 | -t er i ng | administering, altering, bantering, bartering, battering, bettering, blistering, blustering, bolstering, catering, centering, chartering, chattering, clustering, cluttering, countering, doctoring, encountering, entering, factoring, faltering, festering, filibustering, filtering, flattering, fluttering, fostering, guttering, hectoring, lettering, loitering, mastering, mentoring, metering, mitering, monitoring, motoring, mustering, muttering, nattering, neutering, pestering, petering, plastering, puttering, reentering, registering, scattering, sculpturing, sequestering, shattering, sheltering, shuttering, slaughtering, smattering, spattering, splintering, sputtering, stuttering, sweltering, teetering, tottering, tutoring, unflattering, uttering, watering. |
| 3 | -er i ng | answering, anchoring, angering, auguring, backfiring, badgering, belaboring, beleaguering, bewildering, bickering, blundering, bordering, bothering, brokering, butchering, capturing, censoring, clamoring, clobbering, coloring, configuring, conjuring, conquering, considering, cornering, covering, cowering, culturing, deciphering, delivering, desiring, devouring, diapering, dickering, differing, discovering, disfavoring, disfiguring, dismembering, dithering, doddering, embroidering, empowering, endangering, endeavoring, fathering, favoring, feathering, featuring, figuring, fingering, flavoring, flickering, floundering, flowering, foundering, fracturing, furthering, garnering, gathering, gerrymandering, gesturing, glimmering, glowering, grandfathering, hammering, hampering, hankering, harboring, hindering, hollering, honoring, hovering, hungering, hunkering, injuring, inquiring, laboring, laundering, lawyering, layering, lecturing, levering, lingering, lowering, lumbering, majoring, maneuvering, manufacturing, massacring, maundering, meandering, measuring, minoring, mirroring, mongering, mothering, murdering, murmuring, neighboring, nonmanufacturing, numbering, nurturing, offering, ordering, outnumbering, pampering, pandering, papering, partnering, peppering, perjuring, philandering, picturing, pilfering, plundering, pondering, posturing, powdering, powering, pressuring, proffering, prospering, puncturing, quivering, recapturing, reconsidering, recovering, rediscovering, rejiggering, remembering, rendering, reoffering, reordering, requiring, restructuring, rewiring, rupturing, savoring, scampering, scouring, severing, shimmering, shivering, shouldering, showering, shuddering, simmering, slithering, slobbering, slumbering, smoldering, smothering, snickering, sobering, soldering, soldiering, souring, spiering, sponsoring, squandering, staggering, structuring, suffering, surrendering, swaggering, tailoring, tampering, tapering, tempering, tendering, thundering, tinkering, torturing, towering, transpiring, triggering, uncovering, unwavering, ushering, venturing, wagering, wallpapering, wandering, warmongering, wavering, weathering, whimpering, whispering, withering, wondering, Wuthering, zippering. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-i-i-l-n-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: littering, retitling. | |
-2 letters: gritting, retiling, tinglier. | |
-3 letters: getting, gingeli, girting, gittern, glitter, igniter, intitle, letting, lignite, lingier, lintier, niggler, nitrile, nitrite, nittier, retting, ringgit, ringlet, tiering, tilting, tingler, tirling, titling. | |
-4 letters: engirt, gentil, gieing, giglet, ginger, girlie, gittin, ignite, inlier, leggin, linger, linier, linter, litten, litter, niggle, nitril, regilt, retint, riling, tieing, tiling, tilter. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-i-i-l-n-r-t-t" | |
+2 letters: glitteringly. | |
+3 letters: outglittering. | |
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