Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to glisten
Participle: glistened
Gerund: glistening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | glisten |
| you | glisten |
| he;she;it | glistens |
| we | glisten |
| you | glisten |
| they | glisten |
Perfect
| I | have glistened |
| you | have glistened |
| he;she;it | has glistened |
| we | have glistened |
| you | have glistened |
| they | have glistened |
Past
| I | glistened |
| you | glistened |
| he;she;it | glistened |
| we | glistened |
| you | glistened |
| they | glistened |
Pluperfect
| I | had glistened |
| you | had glistened |
| he;she;it | had glistened |
| we | had glistened |
| you | had glistened |
| they | had glistened |
Future
| I | will glisten |
| you | will glisten |
| he;she;it | will glisten |
| we | will glisten |
| you | will glisten |
| they | will glisten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have glistened |
| you | will have glistened |
| he;she;it | will have glistened |
| we | will have glistened |
| you | will have glistened |
| they | will have glistened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | glisten |
| you | glisten |
| he;she;it | glisten |
| we | glisten |
| you | glisten |
| they | glisten |
Perfect
| I | have glistened |
| you | have glistened |
| he;she;it | have glistened |
| we | have glistened |
| you | have glistened |
| they | have glistened |
Imperfect
| I | glistened |
| you | glistened |
| he;she;it | glistened |
| we | glistened |
| you | glistened |
| they | glistened |
Pluperfect
| I | had glistened |
| you | had glistened |
| he;she;it | had glistened |
| we | had glistened |
| you | had glistened |
| they | had glistened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would glisten |
| you | would glisten |
| he;she;it | would glisten |
| we | would glisten |
| you | would glisten |
| they | would glisten |
Perfect
| I | would have glistened |
| you | would have glistened |
| he;she;it | would have glistened |
| we | would have glistened |
| you | would have glistened |
| they | would have glistened |
Imperative
| you | glisten |
| we | Let's glisten |
| you | glisten |
Verbs conjugated like 'glisten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'glisten'
glister,
glitten,
listen,
beglisten,
blissen,
blister,
ghosten,
glassen,
glitter,
glossen,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to reflect light
- coruscate, flash, gleam, glitter, luster, sheen, shimmer, shine, sparkle
- shine
- shimmer, sparkle, gleam, glimmer, glitter
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
glisnian, from P.Gmc. root
*glis- (cf. O.Fris.
glisa "to shine"), from PIE
*ghleis-, from base
*ghel-/*ghle- "to gleam, glimmer."
2. From Middle English glisnen, glistnen, from Old English glisnian, itself from Proto-West Germanic *glisnōn, while ultimately deriving from Proto-Germanic *glisnōną. See: Old English '
glisnian'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] the broad, white, glistening track, that follows in the vessel 's wake; the men on the look-out forward, who would be scarcely visible against the dark sky, but for their blotting out some score of glistening stars; the helmsman at the wheel, with the illuminated card before him, shining, a speck of light amidst the darkness, like something sentient and of Divine intelligence; the melancholy sighing of [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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On a rough bench in the corner, a couple of woolly-headed boys, with glistening black eyes and fat shining cheeks, were busy in superintending the first walking operations of the baby, which, as is usually the case, consisted in getting up on its feet, balancing a moment, and [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] tingled in the listening ear. All of which life and stir, coming across the stirring water, caught new life and animation from its free companionship; and, sympathising with its buoyant spirits, glistened as it seemed in sport upon its surface, and hemmed the vessel round, and plashed the water high about her sides, and, floating her gallantly into the dock, flew off again to welcome other comers, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] an English hospital, with long passages and bare walls, and sky-lights above the room-doors for the free circulation of air. There were a great many boarders in it; and as many lights sparkled and glistened from the windows down into the street below, when we drove up, as if it had been illuminated on some occasion of rejoicing. It is an excellent house, and the proprietors have most bountiful notions [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] days we passed on that Enchanted Ground ! What voices spoke from out the thundering water; what faces, faded from the earth, looked out upon me from its gleaming depths; what Heavenly promise glistened in those angels ’ tears, the drops of many hues, that showered around, and twined themselves about the gorgeous arches which the changing rainbows made !
(American Notes for General Circulation)