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shimmer

(ʃɪməʳ)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense shimmers, present participle shimmering, past tense, past participle shimmered
verb
If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance.
The lights shimmered on the water. [VERB]
The trees shimmered in the afternoon heat. [VERB]
Synonyms: gleam, twinkle, glimmer, dance More Synonyms of shimmer
Shimmer is also a noun.
...a shimmer of starlight. [+ of]
More Synonyms of shimmer

shimmer in British English

(ˈʃɪmə)
verb
1. (intransitive)
to shine with a glistening or tremulous light
noun
2. 
a faint, glistening, or tremulous light
Derived forms
shimmering (ˈshimmering)
adjective
shimmeringly (ˈshimmeringly)
adverb
Word origin
Old English scimerian; related to Middle Low German schēmeren to grow dark, Old Norse skimi brightness

shimmer in American English

(ˈʃɪmər)
verb intransitive
1. 
to shine with an unsteady light; glimmer
2. 
to form a wavering image, as by reflection from waves of water or heat
noun
3. 
a shimmering light; glimmer
SIMILAR WORDS:  flash
Derived forms
shimmery (ˈshimmery)
adjective
Word origin
ME schimeren < OE scymrian, freq. formation on base of scima, ray, light < IE base *skāi- > shine

Examples of 'shimmer' in a sentence
shimmer

This is a rich bronze with a metallic gold shimmer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This creamy texture gives just enough shimmer to keep things polished.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Your mind is suffused by a shimmering golden light.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You feel the shimmering heat of the oil.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Are you a fan of the shimmering dresses and false eyelashes?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The light citrus scent is gorgeous and it also contains a subtle gold shimmer.
The Sun (2013)
They plump your lips and their hint of shimmer catches the light.
The Sun (2014)
Take a shimmering light gold loose pigment across the eye socket.
The Sun (2012)
The whole room will shimmer with the light of the dancing plankton.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Form dissolves into a shimmering dazzle of light.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The oil means that it has added moisturising properties and the shimmer is subtle enough to wear during the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The result is dark and smoky, with a subtle shimmer.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It has a subtle shimmer so there's no need for another product.
The Sun (2014)
 Light and colour shimmer beautifully, but something refuses to join in their harmony.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
The whole point of metallic plants is that they should dazzle, shimmer and shine inthe garden.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The eyes are the main focus, so shimmer and shine on the rest of the face should be minimal.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If you are wary of using glitter, a wash shimmer will give you the same effect without looking too showy.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The surface does shine and shimmer, but there's also real depth in the songs.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The walkways are made from 220,000 foam cubes wrapped in 100,000 square metres of shimmering gold fabric.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sometimes they look human, solid, or they are shimmering lights.
The Sun (2014)
Some of them are like precious gems, shimmering as the light catches them, as enticing as soft crushed velvet.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If it were not for the strips at the back, shimmering blue light to suggest the sea, we be inside an aircraft hangar.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

In other languages
shimmer

British English: shimmer VERB
If something shimmers, it shines with a faint, unsteady light or has an unclear, unsteady appearance.
The lights shimmered on the water.
  • American English: shimmer
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cintilar
  • Chinese: 发出微光
  • European Spanish: relucir
  • French: miroiter
  • German: schimmern
  • Italian: luccicare
  • Japanese: ちらちらと光る
  • Korean: > 반짝이다희미하게
  • European Portuguese: cintilar
  • Latin American Spanish: relucir

(verb) 
Definition
to shine with a faint unsteady light
The lights shimmered on the water.
Synonyms
gleam
His red sports car gleamed in the sun.
twinkle
At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.
glimmer
The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.
dance
patterns of light dancing on the river
glisten
The calm sea glistened in the sunlight.
scintillate
(noun) 
Definition
a faint unsteady light
a shimmer of starlight
Synonyms
gleam
the gleam of the headlights
glimmer
In the east there is the faintest glimmer of light.
iridescence
unsteady light

Additional synonyms

in the sense of dance
Definition
to move in a rhythmic way
patterns of light dancing on the river
Synonyms
sparkle,
move,
flash,
glitter,
wink,
shimmer,
twinkle,
glint,
glisten,
glister (archaic),
scintillate
in the sense of glimmer
Definition
(of a light) to glow faintly or flickeringly
The moon glimmered faintly through the mists.
Synonyms
gleam,
shine,
glow,
sparkle,
glitter,
blink,
flicker,
shimmer,
twinkle,
glisten
in the sense of glimmer
Definition
a glow or twinkle
In the east there is the faintest glimmer of light.
Synonyms
glow,
ray,
sparkle,
gleam,
blink,
flicker,
shimmer,
twinkle

Nearby words of
shimmer

  • shiftless
  • shifty
  • shillyshally
  • shimmer
  • shin up
  • shinbone
  • shine

Synonyms of 'shimmer'

shimmer

Explore 'shimmer' in the dictionary

Additional synonyms

in the sense of glisten
Definition
(of a wet or glossy surface) to gleam by reflecting light
The calm sea glistened in the sunlight.
Synonyms
gleam,
flash,
shine,
glance,
sparkle,
glitter,
shimmer,
twinkle,
glint,
glimmer,
scintillate,
coruscate
in the sense of scintillate
Definition
to give off (sparks)
Synonyms
sparkle,
flash,
blaze,
glitter,
gleam,
twinkle,
glint,
glisten,
give off sparks,
coruscate
in the sense of twinkle
Definition
(of the eyes) to sparkle, esp. with amusement or delight
At night, lights twinkle in distant villages across the valleys.
Synonyms
sparkle,
flash,
shine,
glitter,
gleam,
blink,
flicker,
wink,
shimmer,
glint,
glisten,
scintillate,
coruscate
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