flickering
adjective
[ ˈflɪk(ə)rɪŋ ]
• (of a flame or light) burning or shining unsteadily; wavering.
• "the flickering flames cast long shadows"
flicker
verb
• (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness.
• "the interior lights flickered, and came on"
Similar:
glimmer,
glint,
gleam,
flare,
shine,
dance,
gutter,
twinkle,
sparkle,
blink,
wink,
flash,
scintillate,
glisten,
shimmer,
glitter,
glister,
coruscate,
fulgurate,
effulge,
Opposite:
burn steadily,
• make small, quick movements.
• "her eyelids flickered"
Similar:
flutter,
quiver,
vibrate,
tremble,
wobble,
shiver,
shudder,
spasm,
jerk,
twitch,
bat,
flap,
wink,
blink,
open and shut,
nictitate,
nictate,
Origin:
Old English flicorian, flycerian ‘to flutter’, probably of Germanic origin and related to Low German flickern and Dutch flikkeren .
