glimmer
verb
[ ˈɡlɪmə ]
• shine faintly with a wavering light.
• "the moonlight glimmered on the lawn"
Similar:
gleam,
shine,
glint,
flicker,
shimmer,
glisten,
glow,
twinkle,
sparkle,
glitter,
catch the light,
blink,
wink,
flash,
glister,
scintillate,
coruscate,
fulgurate,
effulge,
luminesce,
incandesce,
phosphoresce,
glimmer
noun
• a faint or wavering light.
• "he saw a faint glimmer of light from her window"
Similar:
gleam,
glint,
flicker,
shimmer,
glow,
twinkle,
sparkle,
blink,
flash,
ray,
• a faint sign of a feeling or quality, especially a desirable one.
• "there is one glimmer of hope for Becky"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish glimra and Danish glimre .
