shimmer

shimmer
v
1. glow, gleam faintly, shine; luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce, make radiant or lustrous; illuminate, illumine, Archaic. illume, Obs. en-lumine; brighten, light up, cast light upon, make brilliant or luminous; radiate, irradiate, effulge; shine forth, beam, stream.
2. glint, glimmer, glisten, Archaic. glister, glitter, twinkle, sparkle; spark, scintillate, flame; flash, fulgurate, gleam, coruscate, glare; flicker, flutter, flare or flare up, waver, sway; quiver, shiver, ripple; oscillate, vacillate, fluctuate, move to and fro; quaver, shake, quake, tremble, twitter, shudder; undulate, vibrate, pulsate, throb; jerk, twitch, vellicate, jump.
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3. glow, afterglow, faint gleam or glare, shine; luster, iridescence, incandescence, phosphorescence, radiance; brilliance, illumination, luminosity, luminance; refulgence, refulgency, refulgentness, effulgence; beam, ray, shaft, streak, patch, subdued or tremulous light.
4. glint, glimmer, glistening, glistering; twinkling, glittering, sparkling, unsteady light; flame, spark, scintilla, scintillation; flash, fulguration, gleam, coruscation, glare; flickering, fluttering, flaring, wavering, swaying; quivering, shivering, rippling; oscillation, oscillating, vacillation, vacillating, fluctuation, fluctuating, movement to and fro; quavering, shaking, quaking, trembling, twittering, shuddering; undulation, vibration, vibrating, pulsation, pulsating, throbbing; jerking, twitching, vellication, jumping.

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