| sparkle | | |
| n. (attribute) | 1. light, spark, sparkle, twinkle | 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" |
| ~ verve, vitality | an energetic style. |
| ~ expression, look, face, facial expression, aspect | the feelings expressed on a person's face.; "a sad expression"; "a look of triumph"; "an angry face" |
| n. (event) | 2. coruscation, glitter, sparkle | the occurrence of a small flash or spark. |
| ~ flash | a sudden intense burst of radiant energy. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation, sparkle | the quality of shining with a bright reflected light. |
| ~ brightness | the location of a visual perception along a continuum from black to white. |
| v. (weather) | 4. coruscate, scintillate, sparkle | reflect brightly.; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside" |
| ~ shine, reflect | be bright by reflecting or casting light.; "Drive carefully--the wet road reflects" |
| v. (change) | 5. coruscate, scintillate, sparkle | be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.; "The musical performance sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation"; "his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (weather) | 6. spark, sparkle | emit or produce sparks.; "A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark" |
| ~ give out, emit, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc..; "The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits" |
| v. (change) | 7. effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, sparkle | become bubbly or frothy or foaming.; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" |
| ~ lather | form a lather.; "The shaving cream lathered" |
| ~ bubble | form, produce, or emit bubbles.; "The soup was bubbling" |
| ~ seethe | foam as if boiling.; "a seething liquid" |
| twinkle | | |
| n. (event) | 1. scintillation, sparkling, twinkle | a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash. |
| ~ alteration, change, modification | an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another.; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago" |
| v. (perception) | 2. blink, flash, twinkle, wink, winkle | gleam or glow intermittently.; "The lights were flashing" |
| ~ flick, flicker | flash intermittently.; "The lights flicked on and off" |
| ~ radiate | cause to be seen by emitting light as if in rays.; "The sun is radiating" |
| v. (weather) | 3. scintillate, twinkle, winkle | emit or reflect light in a flickering manner.; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?" |
| ~ celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky. |
| ~ beam, shine | emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light.; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces" |
| ~ scintillate | give off.; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes" |
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