glinting

Thân thiện

The morning sun made the dewdrops glinting on the spiderweb.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having brief brilliant points or flashes of light: Describes something that shines or sparkles with small, bright, and often intermittent flashes. It suggests a sharp, metallic, or hard quality of reflected light.

Usage

The adjective "glinting" is used to describe a specific type of reflective sparkle. It often implies that the light is coming from a hard, smooth surface (like metal, glass, or water) and is seen in quick, sharp flashes rather than a soft, constant glow. It is frequently used to describe eyes, weapons, jewelry, or sunlight on water.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The glinting water of the lake was beautiful in the morning sun.
  • She watched him with glinting eyes, full of suspicion.
  • The knight drew his glinting sword from its sheath.

Advanced Usage

• Descriptive Imagery: "Glinting" is a powerful word for creating vivid visual descriptions, often conveying a sense of sharpness, alertness, or hidden danger.
  • The detective noticed the glinting object half-buried in the sand. (Here, "glinting" draws attention to a small, reflective clue.)

Variants and Related Words

• Glint (verb/noun): The action or instance of giving out a flash of light.

  • Verb: Sunlight glinted off his watch.
  • Noun: He saw a glint of amusement in her eyes.

• Glittering (adj): Sparkling with a brilliant, often showy or festive light. (Similar but can imply a softer, more numerous, or continuous sparkle compared to the sharper, intermittent "glinting").

• Scintillating (adj): Sparkling or shining brightly; also used figuratively to mean brilliantly clever or exciting.
• Glistening (adj): Shining with a soft, lustrous light, often because of being wet or oily.

Synonyms

• Sparkling: Emitting sparks of light.
• Shimmering: Shining with a soft, tremulous light.
• Flickering: Shining unsteadily; wavering.

Antonyms

• Dull: Lacking brightness or shine.
• Matte: Having a dull, non-reflective surface.
• Lusterless: Without shine or gloss.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• A glint in one's eye: A brief expression in someone's eyes that reveals a particular emotion, often mischief, amusement, or determination.
  • He agreed to the plan with a mischievous glint in his eye.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having brief brilliant points or flashes of light
   • bugle beads all aglitter
   • glinting eyes
   • glinting water
   • his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent
   • shop window full of glittering Christmas trees
   • glittery costume jewelry
   • scintillant mica
   • the scintillating stars
   • a dress with sparkly sequins
   • `glistering' is an archaic term