Glitter \Glit"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Glittered}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Glittering}.] [OE. gliteren; akin to Sw. glittra,
   Icel. glitra, glita, AS. glitenian, OS. gl[imac]tan, OHG.
   gl[imac]zzan, G. gleissen, Goth. glitmunjan, and also to E.
   glint, glisten, and prob. glance, gleam.]
   
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   1. To sparkle with light; to shine with a brilliant and
      broken light or showy luster; to gleam; as, a glittering
      sword.
      
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            The field yet glitters with the pomp of war.
                                                  --Dryden.
      
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   2. To be showy, specious, or striking, and hence attractive;
      as, the glittering scenes of a court.

   Syn: To gleam; to glisten; to shine; to sparkle; to glare.
        See {Gleam}, {Flash}.
        
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glittering
     adj : having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle
           beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water";
           "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop
           window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery
           costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the
           scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins";
           "`glistering' is an archaic term" [syn: {aglitter(p)},
           {coruscant}, {fulgid}, {glinting}, {glistering}, {glittery},
            {scintillant}, {scintillating}, {sparkling(a)}, {sparkly}]

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "glittering":
   blinking, blinky, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, coruscant,
   coruscating, daring, dashing, dressy, exhibitionistic, flashing,
   flashy, flaunting, frilly, frothy, gallant, gay, glimmering,
   glimmerous, glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittery, jaunty,
   jazzy, rakish, scintillant, scintillating, scintillescent,
   shimmering, shimmery, showy, snazzy, spangly, sparkling, splashy,
   splurgy, sporty, tinselly, twinkling, twinkly