glimmer

[ glim-er ]
See synonyms for glimmer on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a faint or unsteady light; gleam.

  2. a dim perception; inkling.

verb (used without object)
  1. to shine faintly or unsteadily; twinkle, shimmer, or flicker.

  2. to appear faintly or dimly.

Origin of glimmer

1
1300–50; Middle English glimeren “to gleam”; cognate with German glimmern; compare Old English gleomu “splendor”

synonym study For glimmer

1. See gleam.

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

British Dictionary definitions for glimmer

glimmer

/ (ˈɡlɪmə) /


verb(intr)
  1. (of a light, candle, etc) to glow faintly or flickeringly

  2. to be indicated faintly: hope glimmered in his face

noun
  1. a glow or twinkle of light

  2. a faint indication

Origin of glimmer

1
C14: compare Middle High German glimmern, Swedish glimra, Danish glimre

Derived forms of glimmer

  • glimmeringly, adverb

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012