glisten
verb
[ ˈɡlɪs(ə)n ]
• (of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light.
• "his cheeks glistened with tears"
Similar:
shine,
sparkle,
twinkle,
glint,
glitter,
catch the light,
glimmer,
shimmer,
glow,
flicker,
blink,
wink,
flash,
glister,
coruscate,
scintillate,
fulgurate,
effulge,
luminesce,
incandesce,
phosphoresce,
glisten
noun
• a sparkling light reflected from something wet.
• "there was a glisten of perspiration across her top lip"
Origin:
Old English glisnian, of Germanic origin; related to Middle Low German glisen . The noun dates from the mid 19th century.
