glimmer
[verb]
Synonyms:
- flicker, blink, gleam, glisten, glitter, glow, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle
[noun]
Synonyms:
- gleam, blink, flicker, glow, ray, shimmer, sparkle, twinkle
- trace, flicker, gleam, hint, inkling, suggestion

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I. glim‧mer¹ /ˈɡlɪmə $ -ər/ noun [countable]

1. a small sign of something such as hope or understanding
glimmer of
a glimmer of hope for the future

2. a light that is not very bright Synonym : gleam
glimmer of
the first glimmer of dawn

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II. glimmer² verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
to shine with a light that is not very bright Synonym : gleam:
a weak glimmering light

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glimmer
noun
ADJ. faint, tiny In the east we could see the first faint glimmer of dawn. (figurative) The faint glimmer of an idea had crept into his mind.
PREP. ~ of

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