gleam
verb
[ ɡliːm ]
• shine brightly, especially with reflected light.
• "light gleamed on the china cats"
Similar:
shine,
glimmer,
glint,
catch the light,
glitter,
shimmer,
glow,
sparkle,
twinkle,
flicker,
blink,
wink,
glisten,
flash,
flare,
beam,
fluoresce,
reflect light,
glister,
coruscate,
scintillate,
fulgurate,
effulge,
luminesce,
incandesce,
phosphoresce,
gleam
noun
• a faint or brief light, especially one reflected from something.
• "the gleam of a silver tray"
Similar:
glimmer,
glint,
shimmer,
glow,
twinkle,
sparkle,
flicker,
blink,
spark,
flash,
flare,
beam,
ray,
shaft,
finger,
pencil,
shine,
lustre,
gloss,
sheen,
glitter,
brightness,
brilliance,
radiance,
luminescence,
luminosity,
phosphorescence,
incandescence,
glister,
lambency,
scintillation,
effulgence,
refulgence,
fulguration,
coruscation,
Origin:
Old English glǣm ‘brilliant light’, of Germanic origin.
