gleaming
adjective
[ ˈɡliːmɪŋ ]
• (of a smooth surface) reflecting light, typically because very clean or polished.
• "gleaming black limousines"
gleam
verb
• 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,
Origin:
Old English glǣm ‘brilliant light’, of Germanic origin.
