glint

Meaning

Noun

1. A short flash of light.
2. (obsolete) A brief look; a glance.

Adj

Not sharp; dull.

Verb

1. To flash or gleam briefly.
2. To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter.
3. To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect.
4. To dry; to wither.

Synonyms

gleam

glitter

flash

sparkle

❇️

shine

glisten

twinkle

glow

glance

flare

flicker

light

glare

scintillate

shimmer

coruscate

glimmer

luster

resplendence

dazzle

peek

shininess

sheen

twinkling

wink

😉

radiance

coruscation

reflect

resplendency

spark

reflexive

refulgence

return

reverberation

shining

smolder

smoulder

specular

splendor

splendour

streak

be bright

bolt of lightning

glister

refulgency

blaze

glitte

blink

bloom

brighten

brightness

catoptric

dance

💃

eclat

effulgence

eradiate

flush

fulmination

glaze

glimpse

glowing

gutter

incandesce

jerk

lambency

limelight

luminescence

lustre

mirror

🪞

mirroring

peep

radiancy

reflection

reflective

reflex

reflexion

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡlɪnt/

Etymology

15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint; from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”); probably alteration of Old Norse [Term?]; from Middle High German glinzen; from Proto-Germanic *glintaną, *glintjaną; from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Swedish glänta, glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt. Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns.