There was still a glimmer of hope left.
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Glimmer
//ˈɡlɪmə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "glimmer" (138 found)
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7 entriesderived from
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10 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 26 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- առկայծել verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Bulgarian
3 entries- мъждукане noun (faint light)
- проблясък noun (flash of light)
- мъждукам verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- lampaluxi noun (faint light)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تروسکە noun (flash of light)
Esperanto
1 entries- glimi verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Finnish
4 entries- kipinä noun (faint or remote possibility)
- pilke noun (faint light)
- tuike noun (faint light)
- valonpilkahdus noun (flash of light)
French
3 entries- lueur noun (faint light)
- lueur noun (faint or remote possibility)
- émettre une lueur verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Gallurese
1 entries- lucintura noun (faint light)
Georgian
4 entries- ბჟუტვა noun (faint light)
- გაელვება noun (faint light)
- გამოკრთომა noun (faint light)
- კამკამი noun (faint light)
German
2 entries- Schimmer noun (faint light)
- glimmern verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Hindi
1 entries- टिमटिमाना verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Icelandic
1 entries- skíma noun (faint light)
Ingrian
1 entries- kuumattaa verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Irish
1 entries- léaró noun (flash of light)
Italian
3 entries- barlume noun (faint light)
- barlume noun (faint or remote possibility)
- filo noun (faint light)
Māori
2 entries- hīnātore noun (faint light)
- tīramarama verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Norwegian
4 entries- anelse noun (faint or remote possibility)
- glimt noun (flash of light)
- glimt noun (faint or remote possibility)
- skimmer noun (faint light)
Portuguese
4 entries- clarão noun (flash of light)
- vislumbre noun (faint light)
- vislumbre noun (faint or remote possibility)
- vislumbrar verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Romanian
1 entries- scânteia verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Russian
2 entries- мерца́ние noun (faint light)
- мерца́ть verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Sardinian
1 entries- lughighedda noun (faint light)
Sassarese
1 entries- luzaredda noun (faint light)
Spanish
4 entries- luz tenue noun (faint light)
- titileo noun (faint light)
- centellar verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
- centellear verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Swedish
4 entries- glimma verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
- glimra verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
- glittra verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
- glänsa verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Ukrainian
1 entries- мерехті́ння noun (faint light)
Urdu
1 entries- ٹمٹمانا verb (to shine with a faint, unsteady light)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
There was a glimmer of light from the dark window.
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There was still a glimmer of hope that everything would be alright.
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The eyes of the skull suddenly began to glimmer and to glow like red coals, and wherever the three turned or ran the eyes followed them, growing larger and brighter till they flamed like two furnaces, and hotter and hotter till the merchant's wife and her two wicked daughters took fire and were burned to ashes. Only Vasilissa the Beautiful was not touched.
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