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glimmer

Syllables: glimm·erUK/ˈɡlɪməː//ˈɡlɪmɚ/

glimmer noun: a faint light; a dim glow.

Noun

glimmer (countable and uncountable, plural glimmers)

  1. A faint light; a dim glow.
    • The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
  2. A flash of light.
    Synonyms:
    flicker, shimmer, sparkle
  3. (figuratively) A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).
    • After all, Harmony Korine has no more than a glimmer of talent.1997, David Denby, “Clawless”, in New York Magazine, volume 30, number 42, page 52
    Synonyms:
    flicker, glimpse
  4. (dated, uncountable) Mica.
  5. (neologism) A subtle, positive micromoment that evokes feelings of joy, safety, calm, or connection.
    Synonyms:
    comfort
    Antonyms:
    trigger

Verb

glimmer (third-person singular simple present glimmers, present participle glimmering, simple past and past participle glimmered)

  1. (intransitive) To shine with a faint, unsteady light.
    • the glimmering dawn a glimmering lamp
    • The fireflies glimmered in the dark.

glimmer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

glimmer in Hindi

to shine with a faint, unsteady light
टिमटिमाना ṭimṭimānā

glimmer in Tamil

சிறு ஒளி, மங்கலொளி

glimmer in Urdu

to shine with a faint, unsteady light
ٹمٹمانا ṭimṭimānā

glimmer in Bengali

মৃদু আলো, ক্ষীণ আভাস, ঝিলিক
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glimmer in Telugu
కీ kī
glimmer in Malayalam
സന്ധ്യാവെളിച്ചം, പ്രത്യാശാകിരണം, മന്ദദ്യുതി, മങ്ങിക്കത്തുക
glimmer in Kannada
ನಸುಬೆಳಕು, ಅಸ್ಥಿರ ಬೆಳಕು, ಅಲ್ಪಸ್ವಲ್ಪ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ, ಚಂಚಲವಾದ ಪ್ರಕಾಶ

Examples of glimmer in a sentence

  • And yet, this is where a glimmer of light appears on the horizon of the AI slopocalypse.
  • After more than a year of unrelenting bad economic numbers, we finally received a glimmer of hope.
  • And the glimmer came closer, closer — yes, come to Papa, baby, almost there . . .

All 28 example sentences with glimmer

Synonyms of glimmer

4 more synonymsFewer synonyms

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of glimmer

Forms of glimmer

Noun
pluralglimmers
Verb
third-person singular presentglimmers
present participleglimmering
past participleglimmered
pastglimmered

Plural of glimmer: glimmers

Origin of glimmer

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.

Words formed from glimmer

Words that rhyme with glimmer

Questions about glimmer

What does glimmer mean?
Glimmer means a faint light; a dim glow.
What is glimmer in Hindi?
Glimmer in Hindi is टिमटिमाना (ṭimṭimānā). See Glimmer meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is glimmer?
Glimmer can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce glimmer?
Glimmer is pronounced /ˈɡlɪməː/ (UK).
What is the plural of glimmer?
The plural of glimmer is glimmers.

Words near glimmer in the dictionary

  1. glimepiride
  2. glimes
  3. glimflashy
  4. gliming
  5. glimmed
  6. glimmer
  7. glimmer of hope
  8. glimmer-gowk
  9. glimmer-gowks
  10. glimmered
  11. glimmerer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: glimmer (page history and authors); glimmer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Glimmer (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); కీ (Telugu) (page history and authors); glimmer (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glimmer (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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