Glistening

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The appearance of something that glistens.

    "My eyes had adjusted to the faint starlight and I could make out pale glistenings and white glow of bones which had worked their way free of clinging flesh."

  2. 2
    A fluid-filled microvacuole within a lens.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of glisten form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    reflecting light wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
blinkingblinkybrightburnishedcoruscantcoruscating

Example

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"This glistening little tulpa is a four-dimensional creature. The crown of his head is my biological mother squeezing me out, and the tips of his toes will be the death of me. We are about a quarter past his nipples at the moment. Tubular, man!"

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