Meaning

2 senses
  1. Shimmering, or shining with a faint, or intermittent or trembling gleam or light.

  2. (figuratively)(Apparently) shaking or trembling.

More definitions
  • glistening tremulously

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives).

From shimmer + -y (suffix meaning ‘inclined to’ forming adjectives).

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Forms

shimmerier, shimmeriest
Comparativeshimmerier Lesson
Superlativeshimmeriest Lesson

irregular

Synonyms

28 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedshimmer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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