sparkle

sparkle
v
1. spark, light, scintillate, flame, blaze, burn; shine, twinkle, flicker, blink, wink, flutter; quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; glisten, Archaic. glister, glitter, glint, glimmer; gleam, glare, effulge, shine forth, beam, streak; flash, flare, fulgurate, coruscate; radiate, glow, incandesce, phosphoresce; illuminate, illumine, Archaic. illume.
2. effervesce, bubble, burble; foam, froth, fizz, fizzle, hiss, sputter; pop, snap; spume, spew forth.
3. caper, romp, frolic, make merry, be vivacious or lively; effervesce, bubble, rejoice, delight, laugh, show excitement; exhibit happiness, exult, be in good or high spirits, be the life of the party; play, disport, dance, be lively or spirited.
n
4. spark, sparkling, scintilla, scintillation; flame, flaming, lambency, flare, flaring; flash, flashing, streak, streaking, gleam, gleaming; glare, glaring, coruscation, fulguration.
5. glint, glinting, glimmer, glimmering; glistening, Archaic. glistering, glittering; shining, twinkle, twinkling, flicker, flickering; flutter, fluttering, quivering, shivering, ripple, rippling, shimmer, shimmering, dancing, dazzling, dazzle; bedazzling, bedazzlement, splendor, resplendence; brilliance, lambency, radiance, irradiance, radiation; brightness, gleam, gleaming, glare, glaring, blare, blaring; refulgence, refulgency, effulgence; illumination, luminosity, luminousness, lucidity; luster, shine, gloss, polish, burnish, sheen, nitidity; glow, incandescence, phosphorescence, iridescence, opalescence.
6. liveliness, vivacity, brilliance, effervescence, bubbling; blithesomeness, airiness, breeziness, buoyancy; high spirits, good spirits, gaiety, merriment, light-heartedness; gladsomeness, joyousness, jubilation, cheerfulness, levity; hilarity, mirth, mindfulness, elation; jocundity, joviality, conviviality, jollity; jaun-tiness, sprightliness, pertness, friskiness, playfulness, sportiveness; energy, spirit, elan, dash, ardor, passion, zeal, gusto; vigor, briskness, alacrity; eagerness, animation, Inf. ginger, enthusiasm; exhilaration, ebullience, excitement, ecstasy, thrill, Inf. rush, tingling.

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