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sparkling |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sparkle Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb sparkle Entailment of verb sparkle Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb sparkle 3 senses of sparkle Sense 1 sparkle, coruscate => reflect, shine Sense 2 sparkle, scintillate => be Sense 3 foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle => bubble Familiarity of verb sparkle sparkle used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb sparkle Sense 1 sparkle, coruscate => reflect, shine -------------- Sense 2 sparkle, scintillate => be -------------- Sense 3 foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle => bubble -------------- Grep of noun sparkling sparkling sparkling water sparkling wine Overview of noun sparkling The noun sparkling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. twinkle, scintillation, sparkling -- (a rapid change in brightness) Overview of verb sparkle The verb sparkle has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sparkle, coruscate -- (reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside.") 2. (1) sparkle, scintillate -- (be lively: "The music sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation") 3. foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle -- (of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing") Overview of adj sparkling The adj sparkling has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) sparkling -- (shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes") 2. (1) bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders") 3. sparkling, effervescent -- (used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water") 4. aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term") Antonyms of adj sparkling 4 senses of sparkling Sense 1 sparkling INDIRECT (VIA starry) -> starless Sense 2 bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly INDIRECT (VIA lively) -> dull Sense 3 sparkling (vs. still), effervescent still (vs. sparkling), noneffervescent Sense 4 aglitter(prenominal), fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(postnominal), sparkly INDIRECT (VIA bright) -> dull Similarity of adj sparkling 4 senses of sparkling Sense 1 sparkling => starry (vs. starless) Sense 2 bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly => lively (vs. dull) Sense 3 sparkling (vs. still), effervescent Sense 4 aglitter(prenominal), fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling(postnominal), sparkly => bright (vs. dull) Attributes of adj sparkling Familiarity of adj sparkling sparkling used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj sparkling sparkling Overview of noun sparkling The noun sparkling has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. twinkle, scintillation, sparkling -- (a rapid change in brightness) Overview of verb sparkle The verb sparkle has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (1) sparkle, coruscate -- (reflect brightly; "Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside.") 2. (1) sparkle, scintillate -- (be lively: "The music sparkled"; "A scintillating conversation") 3. foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle -- (of liquids; "The boiling soup was frothing") Overview of adj sparkling The adj sparkling has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (2) sparkling -- (shining with brilliant points of light like stars; "sparkling snow"; "sparkling eyes") 2. (1) bubbling, effervescent, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders") 3. sparkling, effervescent -- (used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water") 4. aglitter, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkling, sparkly -- (having brief brilliant points or flashes of light; "bugle beads all aglitter"; "glinting eyes"; "glinting water"; "his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent"; "shop window full of glittering Christmas trees"; "glittery costume jewelry"; "scintillant mica"; "the scintillating stars"; "a dress with sparkly sequins"; "`glistering' is an archaic term")
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