Word a Day
glisten
What does glisten mean?
glisten (verb): be shiny, as if wet.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use glisten in a sentence?
- His eyes were glistening. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce glisten?
/ˈɡlɪsən/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does glisten come from?
From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of glisten?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “glisten”?
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What does “glisten” mean?
be shiny, as if wet
Right! That's what “glisten” means.
praise vociferously
Not quite: that's what hail means.
be close or similar
Not quite: that's what approximate means.
distinguish oneself
Not quite: that's what excel means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “glisten”?
warrant
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qualify
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glitter
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deposit
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