shimmering

Language: en

🇺🇸 /ˈʃɪmɜrɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Shining with a soft, slightly wavering light; exhibiting a faint, flickering, or quivering glow.; Trembling or quivering slightly, as if with emotion or heat.
  2. noun
    The act or phenomenon of shimmering; a soft, wavering light or glow.
  3. verb
    Present participle of shimmer; to shine with a soft, wavering light.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: shimmers 3rd sing.: shimmers Past: shimmered Past part.: shimmered Pres part.: shimmering

Collocations

shimmering lightshimmer in the distanceshimmer of hopeshimmer on the surfaceshimmer with excitement

Derivatives

shimmeryshimmeringly

Synonyms

glimmergleamsparkleglinttwinkleflicker

Commonly confused

glimmer
EN: 'Glimmer' suggests a faint, brief, or intermittent light; 'shimmer' implies a soft, continuous, wavering glow.
glitter
EN: 'Glitter' refers to many small, sharp points of bright light; 'shimmer' is a softer, more diffuse, undulating radiance.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember 'shimmer' has a double 'm' — not 'shimer'.

💬 Examples

  1. The shimmering surface of the lake reflected the golden sunset.

  2. The shimmering heat haze rose from the asphalt road.

  3. The shimmering of the stars was barely visible through the clouds.

  4. The diamonds were shimmering under the gallery lights.