English

Detailed Synonyms for glistening in English

glistening:

glistening adj

  1. glistening
  2. glistening
    – reflecting light 1
    glossy; shiny; shining; glistening; lustrous; sheeny
    – reflecting light 1
    • glossy adj
      • the horse's glossy coat1
    • shiny adj
      • saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet1
    • shining adj
      • shining white enamel1
    • glistening adj
      • glistening bodies of swimmers1
    • lustrous adj
      • lustrous auburn hair1
    • sheeny adj

Related Words for "glistening":


Alternate Synonyms for "glistening":


Related Definitions for "glistening":

  1. reflecting light1
    • glistening bodies of swimmers1

glisten:

to glisten verbe (glistens, glistened, glistening)

  1. to glisten
    to sparkle; to shine; to glisten; to glitter
    • sparkle verbe (sparkles, sparkled, sparkling)
    • shine verbe (shines, shined, shining)
    • glisten verbe (glistens, glistened, glistening)
    • glitter verbe (glitters, glittered, glittering)
  2. to glisten
    to sparkle; to shine; to glisten; to glitter; to shimmer; to glimmer
    • sparkle verbe (sparkles, sparkled, sparkling)
    • shine verbe (shines, shined, shining)
    • glisten verbe (glistens, glistened, glistening)
    • glitter verbe (glitters, glittered, glittering)
    • shimmer verbe (shimmers, shimmered, shimmering)
    • glimmer verbe (glimmers, glimmered, glimmering)
  3. to glisten
    – be shiny, as if wet 1
    to shine; to gleam; to glitter; to glint; to glisten
    – be shiny, as if wet 1
    • shine verbe (shines, shined, shining)
    • gleam verbe (gleams, gleamed, gleaming)
    • glitter verbe (glitters, glittered, glittering)
    • glint verbe (glints, glinted, glinting)
    • glisten verbe (glistens, glistened, glistening)
      • His eyes were glistening1

Conjugations for glisten:

present
  1. glisten
  2. glisten
  3. glistens
  4. glisten
  5. glisten
  6. glisten
simple past
  1. glistened
  2. glistened
  3. glistened
  4. glistened
  5. glistened
  6. glistened
present perfect
  1. have glistened
  2. have glistened
  3. has glistened
  4. have glistened
  5. have glistened
  6. have glistened
past continuous
  1. was glistening
  2. were glistening
  3. was glistening
  4. were glistening
  5. were glistening
  6. were glistening
future
  1. shall glisten
  2. will glisten
  3. will glisten
  4. shall glisten
  5. will glisten
  6. will glisten
continuous present
  1. am glistening
  2. are glistening
  3. is glistening
  4. are glistening
  5. are glistening
  6. are glistening
subjunctive
  1. be glistened
  2. be glistened
  3. be glistened
  4. be glistened
  5. be glistened
  6. be glistened
diverse
  1. glisten!
  2. let's glisten!
  3. glistened
  4. glistening
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

glisten [the ~] nom

  1. the glisten
    – the quality of shining with a bright reflected light 1
    the sparkle; the glitter; the glisten; the scintillation; the glister
    – the quality of shining with a bright reflected light 1

Related Words for "glisten":


Alternate Synonyms for "glisten":


Related Definitions for "glisten":

  1. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light1
  2. be shiny, as if wet1
    • His eyes were glistening1