glimmer
A faint light; a dim glowA faint light; a dim glow.
» There's still a glimmer of hope.
Meaning
5 senses(countable, uncountable)A faint light; a dim glow.
The glimmer of the fireflies was pleasant to watch.
Schimmer
мерца́ниеmercánije
мерехті́нняmerextínnja
a flash of light (especially reflected light)
(countable, uncountable)A flash of light.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A faint or remote possibility (as it were a flash of light).
капляkaplja, проблескproblesk, искоркаiskorka
(dated, uncountable)Mica.
(countable, neologism, uncountable)A subtle, positive micromoment that evokes feelings of joy, safety, calm, or connection.
Examples
21 sentencesThere's still a glimmer of hope.
It was the only glimmer of hope.
ruЭто был единственный проблеск надежды.
Now there is a glimmer of hope.
There was still a glimmer of hope left.
deEin Funken Hoffnung bestand immer noch.
A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.
ruВ его глазах возник проблеск надежды.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -From Middle English glimeren, glemeren (“to glimmer”), equivalent to glim (“to shine”) + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognate with German Low German glimmern (“to glimmer”), German glimmern (“to glimmer”), Danish glimre (“to glimmer”), Swedish glimra (“to glimmer”). Doublet of glimpse. Sense 5 was coined in the 2020s in analogy to trigger.
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Forms
plural: glimmersSynonyms
10 synonyms- a flash of light (especially reflected light):gleamgleaming
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding:inklingintimationglimmering
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable