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sparkle

spar·kle
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [spahr-kuh l]
    • /ˈspɑr kəl/
    • /ˈspɑː.kl̩/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [spahr-kuh l]
    • /ˈspɑr kəl/

Definitions of sparkle word

  • verb without object sparkle to issue in or as if in little sparks, as fire or light: The candlelight sparkled in the crystal. 1
  • verb without object sparkle to emit little sparks, as burning matter: The flames leaped and sparkled. 1
  • verb without object sparkle to shine or glisten with little gleams of light, as a brilliant gem; glitter; coruscate. 1
  • verb without object sparkle to effervesce, as wine. 1
  • verb without object sparkle to be brilliant, lively, or vivacious. 1
  • verb with object sparkle to cause to sparkle: moonlight sparkling the water; pleasure sparkling her eyes. 1

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Origin of sparkle

First appearance:

before 1150
One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English (noun and v.); see spark1, -le

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Sparkle

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sparkle popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

sparkle usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sparkle

verb sparkle

  • acidify — to convert into or become acid
  • blaze — When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly.
  • blink — When you blink or when you blink your eyes, you shut your eyes and very quickly open them again.
  • bubble — Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
  • burst out — If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out.

noun sparkle

  • afterglow — The afterglow is the glow that remains after a light has gone, for example after the sun has gone down.
  • animation — Animation is the process of making films in which drawings or puppets appear to move.
  • beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
  • bedazzlement — to impress forcefully, especially so as to make oblivious to faults or shortcomings: Audiences were bedazzled by her charm.
  • brilliance — great brightness; radiance

Antonyms for sparkle

noun sparkle

  • bleakness — bare, desolate, and often windswept: a bleak plain.
  • catatonia — a state of muscular rigidity and stupor, sometimes found in schizophrenia
  • gloom — total or partial darkness; dimness.
  • gloominess — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
  • morbidities — a morbid state or quality.

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