What are some opposite words for twinkle?
Antonyms for twinkle
ˈtwɪŋ kəltwin·kle
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twinkleverb
Synonyms:
wink, scintillate, glimmertwinkleverb
to shine with a flickering light; to glimmer
Synonyms:
scintillate, glimmer, winktwinkleverb
a sparkle of delight in the eyes.
He was a rotund, jolly man with a twinkle in his eye.
Synonyms:
glimmer, scintillate, winktwinkleverb
to bat, blink or wink the eyes
Synonyms:
wink, scintillate, glimmertwinkleverb
to flit to and fro
Synonyms:
wink, scintillate, glimmer
English Synonyms and Antonyms
twinkle
Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.
Antonyms:
blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadowSynonyms:
blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, shining, sparkle, twinkling
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Princeton's WordNet
twinkle, scintillation, sparklingnoun
a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash
Synonyms:
sparkle, glisten, spark, sparkling, glitter, light, glister, scintillationsparkle, twinkle, spark, lightverb
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"
Synonyms:
illumination, arc, coruscation, lightness, lighting, sparkling, sparkle, light source, flicker, brightness level, igniter, visible light, discharge, electric arc, glister, glitter, spark, brightness, luminosity, lighter, visible radiation, luminousness, scintillation, luminance, light, glint, glisten, ignitor, electric dischargeflash, blink, wink, twinkle, winkleverb
gleam or glow intermittently
"The lights were flashing"
Synonyms:
scintillate, winkle out, blink away, shoot, scoot, flash, swank, show off, nictitate, blink, winkle, wink, scud, nictate, dart, flaunt, dash, ostentatetwinkle, winkle, scintillateverb
emit or reflect light in a flickering manner
"Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
Synonyms:
winkle, sparkle, scintillate, flash, blink, coruscate, winkle out, wink
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
twinkleverb
Synonyms:
blink, wink, flash, sparkle, scintillate
How to use twinkle in a sentence?
Ae fond kiss, and then we severA farewell, and then foreverDeep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee,Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee.Who shall say that Fortune grieves him,While the star of hope she leaves himMe, nae cheerful twinkle lights me,Dark despair around benights me.
Perhaps it was a twinkle in his eye, but Governor Pataki has said stated clearly and repeatedly that, but for our nation's arcane campaign finance laws, he could very well be a candidate for president right now.
Your smile is the twinkle of happiness. Your heart is the source of kindness. Your presence is the source of joyfulness. Your thoughts are symbols of greatness.
We met on a dating app, i was pretty lucky when I walked in and saw him. He had a twinkle. He came as advertised — better than advertised. He overshot the mark.
I think public agencies are ready to move forward. These projects are much more than just a twinkle in someone's eye.
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