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Sparkle   /spˈɑrkəl/   Listen
Sparkle

noun
1.
Merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance.  Synonyms: light, spark, twinkle.  "There's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"
2.
The occurrence of a small flash or spark.  Synonyms: coruscation, glitter.
3.
The quality of shining with a bright reflected light.  Synonyms: glisten, glister, glitter, scintillation.
verb
(past & past part. sparkled; pres. part. sparkling)
1.
Reflect brightly.  Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate.
2.
Be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity.  Synonyms: coruscate, scintillate.  "A scintillating conversation" , "His playing coruscated throughout the concert hall"
3.
Emit or produce sparks.  Synonym: spark.
4.
Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.  Synonyms: effervesce, fizz, foam, form bubbles, froth.  "The river was foaming" , "Sparkling water"



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"Sparkle" Quotes from Famous Books



... repartee sparkle in his keen eyes. His music is being very much played now—"Fra Diavolo" and "Dieu et la Bayadere," and others of his operas. His music is like himself—fine and dainty, and full of esprit; his name is Daniel ...
— In the Courts of Memory 1858-1875. • L. de Hegermann-Lindencrone

... the cave and passed up the valley, full of confidence. The earnestness of Tayoga had made a great impression upon him, clothing him about with an atmosphere that was surcharged with belief, and, as he breathed in this air, it made his veins fairly sparkle, not alone ...
— The Rulers of the Lakes - A Story of George and Champlain • Joseph A. Altsheler

... the ground and watched the antics of the fugitive. The Shawanoe, unlike most of his race, had a vein of humor in his composition. When Terry broke into mirth, he too laughed, but it was simply a smile, accompanied by a sparkle of his bright eyes which showed how ...
— The Hunters of the Ozark • Edward S. Ellis

... early, though it takes time to mature; and it explores the whole world of its surroundings in its constant search for nutriment: it is then that existence is in itself an ever fresh delight, and all things sparkle with the ...
— Counsels and Maxims - From The Essays Of Arthur Schopenhauer • Arthur Schopenhauer

... other human countenance. Her jaw was firmly set, her lips compressed, and her face as hard as if it were a beautiful sculpture cut out of the whitest marble. Her eyebrows were drawn down, however, and from beneath them her grey eyes seemed to sparkle and gleam with a ...
— The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales • Arthur Conan Doyle


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