The glitter of the sun hurts my eyes.
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Glitter
//ˈɡlɪtɚ//
Synonyms for "glitter" (101 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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1 entriesdbpedia genre
3 entriesderived
15 entriesis a
6 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Translations
141 translations across 45 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- στίλβω verb (to sparkle with light)
Arabic
4 entries- بَرَقَ verb (to sparkle with light)
- تَأَلَّقَ verb (to sparkle with light)
- تَوَهَّجَ verb (to sparkle with light)
- لَمَعَ verb (to sparkle with light)
Armenian
1 entries- փայլ noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
Belarusian
4 entries- бляск noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- блі́скаць verb (to sparkle with light)
- блішча́ць verb (to sparkle with light)
- ззяць verb (to sparkle with light)
Bulgarian
4 entries- бля́сък noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- брока́т noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- блестя́ verb (to sparkle with light)
- сия́я verb (to sparkle with light)
Catalan
1 entries- gebre noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 亮片 noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- 金屬飾片 /金属饰片 noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- 閃光 /闪光 noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- 閃耀 /闪耀 verb (to sparkle with light)
Czech
3 entries- blesk noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- blýskat se verb (to sparkle with light)
- třpytit se verb (to sparkle with light)
Danish
1 entries- glitre verb (to sparkle with light)
Dutch
3 entries- glitter noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- schittering noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- schitteren verb (to sparkle with light)
Esperanto
2 entries- brileto noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- brileti verb (to sparkle with light)
Finnish
4 entries- hile noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- kimalle noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- kimallus noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- kimmellys noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
French
3 entries- paillette noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- étincellement noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- briller verb (to sparkle with light)
Georgian
2 entries- ბრწყინვა noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- ბრწყინვა verb (to sparkle with light)
German
2 entries- Glitter noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- glitzern verb (to sparkle with light)
Greek
2 entries- γκλίτερ noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- χρυσόσκονη noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
Hindi
3 entries- चमक noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- चमक noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- चमकना verb (to sparkle with light)
Icelandic
2 entries- glitur noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- glitra verb (to sparkle with light)
Irish
1 entries- glioscarnach noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
Italian
2 entries- brillantini noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- glitter noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
Japanese
4 entries- グリッター noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- 煌めき noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- キラキラする verb (to sparkle with light)
- 輝く verb (to sparkle with light)
Korean
2 entries- 반짝이다 verb (to sparkle with light)
- 비추다 verb (to sparkle with light)
Latin
3 entries- coruscō verb (to sparkle with light)
- fulgeō verb (to sparkle with light)
- micō verb (to sparkle with light)
Lithuanian
1 entries- blizgėti verb (to sparkle with light)
Macedonian
3 entries- блесок noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- светка verb (to sparkle with light)
- сјае verb (to sparkle with light)
Māori
4 entries- korakora pīata noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- iraira verb (to sparkle with light)
- kōritorito verb (to sparkle with light)
- nanamu verb (to sparkle with light)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- glitre verb (to sparkle with light)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- glitre verb (to sparkle with light)
Old English
1 entries- blīcan verb (to sparkle with light)
Persian
1 entries- درخشیدن verb (to sparkle with light)
Polish
4 entries- blask noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- brokat noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- błyszczeć verb (to sparkle with light)
- błyszczeć się verb (to sparkle with light)
Portuguese
4 entries- glitter noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- purpurina noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- resplendor noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- resplandecer verb (to sparkle with light)
Quechua
1 entries- phaqsay verb (to sparkle with light)
Romanian
2 entries- sclipici noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- strălucire noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
Russian
4 entries- блеск noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- блёстки noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- блесну́ть verb (to sparkle with light)
- блесте́ть verb (to sparkle with light)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- blijȇsak noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- bljȇsak noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- blȇsak noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- бле̑сак noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
Shan
1 entries- ၽၢပ်ႇ verb (to sparkle with light)
Slovak
2 entries- blesk noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- blyšťať sa verb (to sparkle with light)
Slovene
3 entries- blèsk noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- blesteti verb (to sparkle with light)
- sijati verb (to sparkle with light)
Spanish
4 entries- brillantina noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- brillo noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- escarcha noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- purpurina noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
Swedish
3 entries- glitter noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- glitter noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
- glittra verb (to sparkle with light)
Thai
1 entries- กากเพชร noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
Ukrainian
4 entries- блиск noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- ся́йво noun (bright, sparkling light; brilliant and showy luster; brilliancy)
- блискоті́ти verb (to sparkle with light)
- блисті́ти verb (to sparkle with light)
Vietnamese
1 entries- kim tuyến noun (shiny, decoractive adornment)
Volapük
1 entries- glimön verb (to sparkle with light)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
This ring has lost its glitter.
Source: tatoeba (2904444)
Their eyes glitter with joy.
Source: tatoeba (6174422)
Holmes leaned forward in his excitement, and his eyes had the hard, dry glitter which shot from them when he was keenly interested.
Source: tatoeba (6606478)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.