Shimmering

Synonyms for "shimmering" (73 found)

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Related word relations

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More general

13 entries
alterappearance attributecolor phenomenonemotional tonefigurative attributelight phenomenonliterary qualityoptical phenomenonoptical propertyshinesurface propertyvisual phenomenonvisual property

More specific

21 entries
color shiftdiffraction patterndynamic interferenceflickerglaregleamgleaming edgeglintglistenglittering surfaceheat shimmeriridesceiridescenceiridescent surfaceshimmering atmosphereshimmering imagery

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Collocations

9 entries
shimmering color paletteshimmering colorsshimmering fabricshimmering horizonshimmering lightshimmering moonlightshimmering surfaceshimmering watershimmering waves

Inflections

5 entries
more shimmeringmost shimmeringshimmeredshimmeringsshimmers

Derivations

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Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

While the car driver obtains an approximate view of a blooming meadow the city cyclist notices the different colors and scents of the blossoms, the smell of freshly mown grass, the swoosh of leaves of a chestnut tree, the sunlight twinkling through trees shimmering green in springtime.

Source: tatoeba (1665683)

Your pupil is blue and when you laugh, its muted clarity reminds me of the shimmering dazzling light of the morning that is reflected in the sea. Your pupil is blue and when you cry, I imagine the translucent tears as drops of dew on a violet. Your pupil is blue, and when, in its aura, like a point of light radiating an idea, it appears to me as a lost star in the evening sky.

Source: tatoeba (4409670)

Beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.

Source: tatoeba (5825136)

The continent is shimmering in a blistering heat wave that is worrying farmers and power companies.

Source: tatoeba (11168988)

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