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Definition: Glistening |
GlisteningAdjective1. Reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glistening" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
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Mining | As applied to the degree of luster of a mineral, means those minerals affording a general reflection from the surface, but no image, as talc orchalcopyrite. (references) |
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Synonyms: GlisteningSynonyms: glossy (adj), lustrous (adj), sheeny (adj), shining (adj), shiny (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Excitation | Phrase: the heart beating high, the heart going pitapat, the heart leaping into one's mouth; the blood being up, the blood boiling in one's veins; the eye glistening - "in a fine frenzy rolling"; the head turned; "when the going gets tough, the tough get going". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Glistening |
| English words defined with "glistening": edelweiss ♦ Knebelite ♦ Leontopodium alpinum ♦ Relucent ♦ shimmering, shimmery, Spoon bait. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "glistening": Glisten. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Glistening with Energy (1984) | |
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 | New York--A closeup of the crown of the Chrysler Tower, showing the glistening dome of rustless steel bared to the skies after all the scaffolding had been removed. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Like stars for the flag. Glistening sparks, like the constellation in the blue field of Old Glory, issue from a semi-steel heating operation at an eastern Navy yard. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | As regarded the shipmaster, however, all was looked upon as pertaining to the character, as to a fish his glistening scales |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Suddenly his eyes fell upon the two silver candlesticks on the mantel, which were glistening dimly in the reflection |
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| "Glistening" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 72.96% of the time. "Glistening" is used about 196 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) | 72.96% | 143 | 26,451 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 24.49% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.04% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.51% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 196 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "glistening": black-glistening, dry-glistening, ginger-glistening, honey-glistening, pale-glistening. | |
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| 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 |
glistening | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "glistening"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i shndritshëm (bright, brilliant, effulgent, glaring, lucent, lustrous, shiny), i shkëlqyeshëm (de luxe, fulgent, gilded, grand, luminous, magnificent, Orient, refulgent, resplendent, slick, sparkling). (various references) | |
Arabic | متلألئ (dazzling, gleamy, glittering, radiant, shimmering, shining, sparkling), لامعة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | блестящ (agleam, bright, brilliant, flaring, fulgent, garish, gay, imperial, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, oriental, pyrotechnic, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shining, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, superb, vivid). (various references) | |
Chinese | 闪耀 (Glistened, Sparkled, sparkling). (various references) | |
Czech | lesknoucí se. (various references) | |
Danish | glinsende degeneration (glistening degeneration). (various references) | |
Finnish | hohtavan valkoinen (glistening white). (various references) | |
French | scintillant (glimmering, glittering), brillant (gloss). (various references) | |
German | glitzernd (glittering, glinting). (various references) | |
Greek | λαμπρός (grand), αστραφτερός (gleaming, radiant, sparkling). (various references) | |
Hebrew | הבהקה (flare, flash), נוצץ (brilliant, shiny, smart, sparkle), נצנוץ (flash, flickering, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glitter, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fénylő (lustrous, resplendent, shining, shiny), csillogó (resplendent, glittering, light, lustrous, Orient, shining, starry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 氷刃 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひょうじん (go-between). (various references) | |
Manx | soilsheanagh (beaming, brilliant, glowing, lit up, luminous, lustrous, radiant, shiny, splendid, vivid), lonragh (bright, efflugent, glowing), glistragh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | isteningglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | degeneração micácea (glistening degeneration). (various references) | |
Russian | сверкающий (agleam, fiery, lambent, sparkling, splendent), блестящий (brilliant, glossy, splendent). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | svetlucav (gleaming, glimmering), blistav (agleam, fulgent, glaring, glittering, luminous, resplendent, shining, shiny, sparkling, splendent). (various references) | |
Spanish | brillante (brilliant, shining, shiny). (various references) | |
Swedish | blänkande. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egeneto en tw proseucesqai auton to eidoV tou proswpou autou eteron kai o imatismoV autou leukoV exastraptwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et factum est dum oraret species vultus eius altera et vestitus eius albus refulgens |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa he hine gebæd þa wæs hys ansyn oþres hiwes. and his reaf hwit scinende; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And while he preiede, the licnesse of his cheer was chaungid, and his clothing was whit schynynge. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And as he prayed ye facion of his countenaunce was changed and his garment was whyte and shoone. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistening. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And while he was in prayer, his face was changed and his clothing became white and shining. |
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| Language | Luke Chapter 9, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa nag-ampo siya, nausab ang panagway sa iyang nawong ug ang iyang mga sapot misidlak sa kaputi. |
| Croatian | I dok se molio, izgled mu se lica izmijeni, a odjeæa sjajem zablista. |
| Danish | Og det skete, medens han bad, da blev hans Ansigts Udseende anderledes, og hans Klædebon blev hvidt og strålende. |
| Dutch | En als Hij bad, werd de gedaante Zijns aangezichts veranderd, en Zijn kleding wit en zeer blinkende. |
| Finnish | Ja hänen rukoillessaan hänen kasvojensa näkö muuttui, ja hänen vaatteensa tulivat säteilevän valkoisiksi. |
| French | Pendant qu`il priait, l`aspect de son visage changea, et son vêtement devint d`une éclatante blancheur. |
| German | Und da er betete, ward die Gestalt seines Angesichts anders, und sein Kleid ward weiß und glänzte. |
| Haitian Creole | Antan li t'ap lapriyè, figi l' pran chanje, rad li vin klere tou blan. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sementara Yesus berdoa di situ, muka-Nya berubah dan pakaian-Nya menjadi putih berkilauan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sedang Ia berdoa, berubahlah rupa muka-Nya, dan pakaian-Nya pun menjadi putih bersinar-sinar. |
| Manx Gaelic | As myr v'eh ayns padjer, va cummey yn eddin echey er ny chaghlaa, as va'n coamrey echey gial as follys. |
| Maori | A, i a ia e inoi ana, ka puta ke te ahau o tona mata, ma tonu tona kakahu, kanapa tonu. |
| Norwegian | Og mens han bad, blev hans åsyn anderledes å se til, og hans klædning blev hvit og skinte som lynet. |
| Portuguese | Enquanto ele orava, mudou-se a aparência do seu rosto, e a sua roupa tornou-se branca e resplandecente. |
| Rumanian | Pe cknd Se ruga, I s`a schimbat knfqyiwarea feyei, wi kmbrqcqmintea I s`a fqcut albq strqlucitoare. |
| Shuar | Jesus auju pujus Nusháa iira ajattsarmiayi. Ni pushirisha ti puju Jíitsumir ajasmiayi. |
| Spanish | Y mientras oraba, la apariencia de su rostro se hizo otra, y sus vestiduras se hicieron blancas y resplandecientes. |
| Swahili | Alipokuwa akisali, sura yake ilibadilika, mavazi yake yakawa meupe na kung`aa sana. |
| Swedish | Och under det att han bad, blev hans ansikte förvandlat, och hans kläder blevo skinande vita. |
| Uma | Bula-na Yesus mosampaya, mobali' -mi lence-na, pai' pohea-na mewali mengea' meringkila'. |
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Misspellings | |
"Glistening" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gilsenan, glicentin, Glikstein, glistenin, glistenings, Gluxstein, grislewing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glistening" (pronounced gli"suning or gli"sning) |
| 7 | -l i" s u n i ng | listening. |
| 6 | -i" s u n i ng | christening. |
| 5 | -s u n i ng | coarsening, fastening, hastening, jettisoning, lessening, loosening, worsening. |
| 4 | -u n i ng | apportioning, abandoning, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, bargaining, battening, beckoning, blackening, bludgeoning, brightening, broadening, burdening, burgeoning, captioning, cautioning, championing, cheapening, commissioning, conditioning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, deadening, deafening, decommissioning, deepening, determining, disciplining, disheartening, disillusioning, enlightening, envisioning, examining, fashioning, fattening, flattening, freshening, frightening, functioning, gardening, happening, hardening, heartening, heightening, imagining, imprisoning, leavening, lengthening, lightening, likening, maddening, malfunctioning, margining, mentioning, motioning, opening, orphaning, pardoning, partitioning, petitioning, poisoning, positioning, provisioning, questioning, quickening, rationing, reasoning, reawakening, reckoning, reconditioning, reexamining, reopening, repositioning, ripening, ruining, saddening, sanctioning, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shortening, sickening, siphoning, slackening, softening, stationing, stiffening, straightening, strengthening, summoning, sweetening, thickening, threatening, tightening, toughening, unquestioning, vacationing, weakening, whitening, widening. |
| 3 | -n i ng | abstaining, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, awning, ballooning, banning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, boning, branning, brining, Browning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, careening, cartooning, chaining, chaperoning, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, cocooning, coining, combining, complaining, concerning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, dawning, declining, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disdaining, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, entertaining, evening, explaining, fanning, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, frowning, gaining, ginning, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, headlining, honing, Horning, housecleaning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, lightning, lining, loaning, machining, maintaining, Manning, meaning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, mourning, obtaining, opining, ordaining, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, penning, pertaining, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, postponing, preening, preplanning, pruning, quarantining, raining, realigning, reassigning, reclining, redefining, redesigning, redlining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, running, scanning, screening, shining, shunning, signing, sinning, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stoning, straining, streamlining, stunning, sunning, sustaining, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thinning, toning, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unreasoning, Vining, waning, warning, weaning, whining, wining, winning, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abstaining, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, aligning, ascertaining, assigning, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, brining, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, combining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, confining, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, declining, decommissioning, deepening, defining, demeaning, Denning, designing, detaining, determining, dining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, divining, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, fining, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, lining, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, mining, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, opining, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pining, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, realigning, reasoning, reassigning, reawakening, reckoning, reclining, reconditioning, redefining, redesigning, redlining, reexamining, refining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, resigning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shining, shortening, shunning, sickening, signing, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, twining, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, Vining, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whining, whitening, widening, wining, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-g-i-i-l-n-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: enlisting, ingesting, listening, signeting, tinseling. | |
-2 letters: enisling, ensiling, gentling, gingelis, ginniest, glinting, lignites, lingiest, nestling, singeing, singling, slinging, stinging, tingeing, tingling. | |
-3 letters: giglets, gingeli, ginseng, glisten, ignites, insigne, intines, leggins, lensing, lignins, lignite, liniest, linings, linnets, listing, nesting, niggles, seining, sieging, signing, silting, singing, singlet, sniggle, tensing, tilings, tinging, tingles. | |
-4 letters: elints, enlist, ensign. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-g-i-i-l-n-n-s-t" | |
+2 letters: nightingales. | |
+3 letters: disentangling. | |
+4 letters: hemagglutinins. | |
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