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Antonyms for sparkle
ˈspɑr kəlsparkle
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
sparkle
Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.
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blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadowSynonyms:
blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, twinkle, twinkling
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Princeton's WordNet
sparkle, twinkle, spark, lightnoun
merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
"he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
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illumination, arc, coruscation, lightness, lighting, sparkling, light source, flicker, brightness level, igniter, visible light, discharge, electric arc, glister, glitter, spark, brightness, luminosity, lighter, visible radiation, luminousness, scintillation, luminance, light, glint, twinkle, glisten, ignitor, electric dischargeglitter, sparkle, coruscationnoun
the occurrence of a small flash or spark
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twinkle, glisten, spark, glitter, light, glister, scintillation, coruscationglitter, glister, glisten, scintillation, sparkleverb
the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
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twinkle, glisten, spark, sparkling, glitter, light, glister, scintillation, coruscationsparkle, scintillate, coruscateverb
reflect brightly
"Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
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coruscate, form bubbles, scintillate, foam, winkle, spark, twinkle, froth, fizz, effervescesparkle, scintillate, coruscateverb
be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
"The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
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coruscate, form bubbles, scintillate, foam, winkle, spark, twinkle, froth, fizz, effervescespark, sparkleverb
emit or produce sparks
"A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark"
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scintillate, form bubbles, effervesce, actuate, fizz, coruscate, spark off, trip, trigger off, spark, touch off, trigger, froth, activate, foam, set offfoam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubblesverb
become bubbly or frothy or foaming
"The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water"
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coruscate, spume, form bubbles, suds, foam, spark, froth, fizz, scintillate, effervesce
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
sparklenoun
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scintillation, glitter, gleaming, brilliancysparkleverb
Synonyms:
glitter, coruscate, glisten, scintillate, twinkle, gleam
How to use sparkle in a sentence?
David Fitzpatrick has that little extra something, that little sparkle that sets a dog apart.
The sparkle in your eyes doesn’t deny the smile on your face.”
When in the dark I wait for a trillion tiny shooting stars to sparkle around the earth and land at my humble little abode.
Lead TSA Officer John Killian:
That’s when I spotted the sparkle and thought to myself, ‘No way that could really be it.’ I walked over and picked it up, the shine caught my eye. I was like, ‘Wow, I just found this diamond!’.
The success of a company depends on the smile on the employee's face and the sparkle in the customer's eyes.”
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