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Common misspellings for glittering

loiteering, glideing, flitering, litering, voluteering, slitering, literring, decluttering, bluttering, lattering, loittering, glimering, gattering, filitering, glitering, filetering.

Definitions of glittering

of Glitter
Shining: splendid: brilliant.
Shining; brilliant.
Sparkling; brilliant; splendid.
GLITTERINGLY.
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"

Antonyms for glittering

dull, flat, dulled, matte, lusterless, dim.

Quotes of glittering

Converse with men makes sharp the glittering wit, but God to man doth speak in solitude. – John Stuart Blackie
Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. – Thomas Carlyle
Time, which runs through the world like an endless tinsel thread, seemed to pass through the centre of this room and through the centre of these people and suddenly to pause and petrify, stiff, still and glittering and the objects in the room drew a little closer together. – Robert Musil
The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords. – F. E. Smith

Usage examples for glittering

“ " Richard," she began, and her eyes had a strange glittering light in them, " with regard to the past I shall say nothing now, but that Frank was here in Camden I had not the slightest knowledge till I heard it from you. ” – Ethelyn's Mistake by Mary Jane Holmes
“ As soon as dawn came over the waste and shone on the farmer's house, she looked from the window towards the glittering waters, and saw the inner beauty of the marsh. ” – The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany
“ " Wait a minute, Mark," pleaded the old man, restless as he understood that the glittering coins were to be taken away. ” – The Everlasting Whisper by Jackson Gregory
“ It was hard traveling, and he felt weary, but he kept on, and about noon was rewarded by a sight of something glittering through the trees. ” – Tom Swift and his Motor-cycle by Victor Appleton
“ For one who had left London a glittering star, it was wonderful how little he brightened it by returning. ” – Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie
“ She thrust a small glittering object into Marjorie's limp hand. ” – Marjorie Dean High School Freshman by Pauline Lester
“ " I don't think we quite understand each other, Mrs. McClosky," he said coldly, but with glittering eyes. ” – Susy, A Story of the Plains by Bret Harte
“ At the extreme end of the table stood the glittering silver cup in which the wine was to be mixed. ” – The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers by Georg Ebers
“ We went on for the last act and, in the scene when I was supposed to be unconscious, Susini caught sight of the stone glittering on the floor and picked it up. ” – Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Clara Louise Kellogg
“ She saw a bride's crown glittering in its sunshine, and a long, bright future beyond that. ” – The Bridal March; One Day by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson
“ He was alone, flitting swiftly and smoothly across the glittering sea. ” – Vane of the Timberlands by Harold Bindloss
“ If he left the ride, he would see them, brown and gray, glittering in the sunshine. ” – The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell
“ This group we had to pass, and as we did so, who should break out from the glittering ring but Bedr. ” – It Happened in Egypt by C. N. Williamson A. M. Williamson
“ Something glittering whistled where his head had been, and then struck with a sound like a sigh against the trunk of a tree. ” – The Hunters of the Hills by Joseph Altsheler
“ She did not cry once, but opened her big blue eyes and smiled at the glittering company as though she understood everything that was going on. ” – The Sleeping Beauty by C. S. Evans
“ Loo took the locket, looked at it with strangely glittering eyes and steady lips. ” – The Last Hope by Henry Seton Merriman
“ Their glittering eyes fastened on it; and Welch said, " Come, there's a supper for you as you can eat it." ” – Foul Play by Charles Reade Dion Boucicault
“ He would rather lose her fairly than leave her with the glittering but untrue portrait of himself that she must now possess. ” – Here and Hereafter by Barry Pain
“ That devilish little glittering knife has done the deed. ” – A Terrible Secret by May Agnes Fleming
“ " This is a very different affair from your great, glittering modern restaurant," Mr. Marchmont remarked. ” – The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin Freeman

Rhymes for glittering

frittering, littering;