2 meanings
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1 —as in:
a glimmer of hope
Definition
a slight indication of something — such as hope or interest- I saw a glimmer of understanding in her eye.
glimmer = a slight indication of something
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- We can often better help another by fanning a glimmer of goodness than by censuring his faults.Edmund Gibson
- In the back of his mind something began to glimmer.Dalton Trumbo -- Johnny Got His Gun
- I took Drew's handoff, saw a glimmer of a hole between Tyler Ashby and our center Dan Driessen, and made my move.Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
- A glimmer of regret flashed through his weariness: this would be a good photo, but he'd left his camera in the hotel safe.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- Mr. Hooper's smile glimmered faintly.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The Minister's Black Veil
- He cleared his throat and read from the book: " 'It was at moments such as these that Joseph recognized the face of God in human form. It glimmered in their kindness to him, it glowed in their...' "R.J. Palacio -- Wonder
- "It glimmered in their kindness to him," he repeated, smiling.R.J. Palacio -- Wonder
- Somehow she had come to be here in this tiny purple bathroom, a mother to Phoebe, a companion to a brilliant man with a failing mind, an unlikely but certain friend to this woman Doro March: the two of them strangers a year ago, women who might have passed each other on the street without a second glance or a glimmer of connection, their lives now woven together by the demands of their days and a cautious, sure respect.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
glimmer = arise (an inkling of a new thought — a slight indication of something)
glimmer = a slight indication of something
glimmer = slight indication
glimmered = a slight indication of something
glimmered = showed a slight indication
2 —as in:
glimmering lights
Definition
a dim, wavering, or reflected light- The moonlight glimmered on the lake.
glimmered = shined (with a dim or wavering light)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The west yet glimmers with some streaks of day;Shakespeare -- Macbeth
- Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement.Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Sign of the Four
- I stood watching their white dresses glimmer smaller and smaller down the sidewalk as they went away.Willa Cather -- My Antonia
- He saw the glimmering of a fire upon the old walls...Charles Dickens -- The Old Curiosity Shop
- At the first faintest glimmering of the dawn, his iron voice was heard from aft — Man the mast-heads.Herman Melville -- Moby Dick
- She turned to see Kay Marshall, dressed in slim pink pants and a cream and pink sweater, gold leather flats, and glimmering gold earrings.Kim Edwards -- The Memory Keeper's Daughter
- Kino and Juana watched it go, winking and glimmering under the setting sun.John Steinbeck -- The Pearl
- It was evening, and the stars were glimmering in the eastern skyJ.R.R. Tolkien -- The Return of the King
- he returned with the first glimmer of light,J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Two Towers
glimmering = shining (with a wavering or reflected light)
glimmering = shining (with a dim or wavering light)
glimmering = dimly shining or twinkling
glimmer = dim light