sparkling
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Sparkle \Spar"kle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sparkled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Sparkling}.] [See {Sparkle}, n., Spark of fire.]
1. To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent
particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit
flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the
blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle.
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A mantelet upon his shoulder hanging
Bretful of rubies red, as fire sparkling. --Chaucer.
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2. To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to
glisten; to flash.
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I see bright honor sparkle through your eyes.
--Milton.
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3. To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to
effervesce; as, sparkling wine.
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Syn: To shine; glisten; scintillate; radiate; coruscate;
glitter; twinkle.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "sparkling":
Attic, beaming, beaten, beatific, beatified, biting, blebby,
blessed, blinking, blinky, blissful, blistered, blistering,
blistery, blithe, blithesome, blooming, bright, bright and sunny,
brilliant, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, capering,
carbonated, cheerful, cheery, chiffon, chirping, clever, coruscant,
coruscating, dancing, dazzling, devastating, divine, droll,
ebullient, effervescent, elated, eupeptic, euphoric, exalted,
exhilarated, facetious, fizzy, flushed, flushed with joy, funny,
gay, genial, glad, gladsome, glamorous, glimmering, glimmerous,
glimmery, glistening, glistering, glittering, glittery, glorious,
glowing, gorgeous, happy, heavenly, high, hopeful, humorous,
humorsome, in good spirits, in high spirits, irrepressible,
jesting, jocose, jocular, joking, joky, joshing, joyful, joyous,
keen, keen-witted, killing, laughing, leaping, lively, mordant,
nimble-witted, of good cheer, optimistic, peppy, piquant, pleasant,
poignant, pointed, puffed, pungent, purring, quick-witted, racy,
radiant, rapier-like, raving, ravishing, resplendent, riant, rosy,
salt, salty, sanguine, sanguineous, scintillant, scintillating,
scintillescent, sharp, shimmering, shimmery, shining, singing,
smart, smiling, smirking, souffle, souffleed, spangly, spirited,
splendid, splendorous, splendrous, sprightly, spumescent,
starry-eyed, stunning, sublime, sunny, thrice happy, tinselly,
twinkling, twinkly, vesicant, vesicated, vesicatory, vesicular,
vivacious, whimsical, whipped, winsome, witty
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