sparkle

Plural: sparkles

Noun

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
  • "he had a sparkle in his eye"
• the occurrence of a small flash or spark
• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light
• A little spark; a scintillation.
• Brilliance; luster.
• Liveliness; vivacity.
• The quality of being sparkling or fizzy; effervescence.

Verb

Verb Forms: sparkled, sparkling, sparkles

• To emit or reflect small flashes of light; to be brilliant.
• reflect brightly
  • "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside"
• be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
  • "The musical performance sparkled"
• emit or produce sparks
• become bubbly or frothy or foaming
• 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
• To manifest itself by, or as if by, emitting sparks; to glisten; to flash.
• To emit little bubbles, as certain kinds of liquors; to effervesce
• To emit in the form or likeness of sparks.
• To disperse.
• To scatter on or over.

Examples

• Her eyes seemed to SPARKLE when she realized she could form a bingo using all seven tiles.
• sparkling water
• sparkling wine
• the sparkle of a diamond
• the sparkle of his conversation over dinner
• The stars sparkle in the sky.
• The wood was sparkling in the bonfire.

Synonyms

coruscate, coruscation, effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth, glisten, glister, glitter, light, scintillate, scintillation, spark, twinkle, radiate, shine

Related Words

✨, ❇, ❈

Anagrams of sparkle