- glisk
- A slight touch of pleasure or twinge of pain that penetrates the soul and passes quickly away. Glisk was defined thusly by Charles Harrington Elster in the New York Times Magazine, August 29, 1999, on page 18.
Glossary of Art Terms. 2014.
glisk
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glisk — I. ˈglisk noun ( s) Etymology: origin unknown 1. chiefly Scotland : glimpse 2. chiefly Scotland : gleam 3. chiefly Sc … Useful english dictionary
glisk — Cleveland Dialect List to glisten ot glitter … English dialects glossary
blink — Synonyms and related words: albedo, avoid, bat, bat the eyes, blench, blink at, blinking, broken, carefully ignore, cast, cold shoulder, coruscate, coruscation, cringe, cut a corner, cut corners, disregard, dodge, draw back, duck, evade, fade,… … Moby Thesaurus
glimmer — Synonyms and related words: blink, blinking, broad hint, clue, coruscate, coruscation, cue, firefly, gentle hint, gesture, glance, gleam, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, glowworm, hint, implication, index,… … Moby Thesaurus
glisten — Synonyms and related words: blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, glance, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glister, glitter, glittering, glow, glowworm, reflect, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation, shimmer, shimmering,… … Moby Thesaurus
glitter — Synonyms and related words: be somebody, be something, bespangle, blatancy, blink, blinking, brazenness, brilliance, colorfulness, coruscate, coruscation, crudeness, cut a dash, cut a figure, cut a swath, dash, dazzle, dazzlingness, extravagance … Moby Thesaurus
scintillate — Synonyms and related words: be brilliant, be merry with, blink, coruscate, crack a joke, crack wise, fleer at, fun, gibe at, glance, gleam, glimmer, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, jape, jest, joke, josh, kid, kid around, make a funny,… … Moby Thesaurus
shimmer — Synonyms and related words: blink, blinking, coruscate, coruscation, firefly, flicker, gleam, glimmer, glimmering, glint, glisk, glisten, glister, glitter, glittering, gloss, glow, glowworm, light, ripple, scintilla, scintillate, scintillation,… … Moby Thesaurus
spangle — Synonyms and related words: adorn, band, bar, bead, bejewel, beribbon, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blink, blinking, blotch, check, checker, coruscate, coruscation, dapple, decorate, diamond, dot, engrave, feather, figure, filigree, firefly,… … Moby Thesaurus
spark — Synonyms and related words: AC arc, Beau Brummel, Poulsen arc, abettor, activate, actuate, actuator, address, animate, animator, aperiodic discharge, arc, arc column, arc discharge, atom, bake, be in heat, beau, begin, blade, blaze, blink,… … Moby Thesaurus
