glimmer

CEFRC1

/ˈɡlɪməː/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A faint or unsteady light.

  2. 02

    verb

    To shine with a faint, unsteady light.

Examples

  • There was a glimmer of light from the dark window.

  • There was still a glimmer of hope left.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈɡlɪmɚ] ~ [ˈɡlɪmɹ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).

  2. A flash of light.

  3. A faint light; a dim glow.

More examples

In context

  • The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.

  • The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

  • the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp

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Antonyms

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In the dark cave, they saw a faint blank of light from the distant entrance.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger.