coruscated
Glittered with light
Coruscated is the past tense of coruscate, meaning to flash or sparkle with light.
The word is literary and somewhat rare, typically describing brilliant, glittering effects: Sunlight coruscated off the waves.
Figuratively, something can coruscate with wit or brilliance: Her conversation coruscated with sharp observations.
Emitted small flashes
- glitteredFlashed with reflected light
- gleamedShone with reflected light
- flashedShone briefly
- flickeredShone unsteadily, intermittently
glinted · glistened · twinkled · shimmered · glowed · blazed · flared · dazzled
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- effulgentShining brilliantly forth
resplendent · incandescent · lustrous · refulgent · splendid · magnificent · blazing · blinding
Showing shifting spectral colors
- opalescentShowing milky iridescence
- nacreousResembling pearl's iridescence
- pearlescentShowing soft iridescence
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
glistening · sheeny · glossy · polished · burnished · reflective · crystalline · prismatic
sparkled
Emitted small flashes
flickered · glinted · glistened · twinkled · shimmered · glowed · blazed · flared · dazzled · radiated
dazzling
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
effulgent · resplendent · incandescent · lustrous · refulgent · splendid · magnificent · blazing · blinding · intense
iridescent
Showing shifting spectral colors
- opalescentShowing milky iridescence
- nacreousResembling pearl's iridescence
- pearlescentShowing soft iridescence
shimmering · glistening · sheeny · glossy · polished · burnished · reflective · crystalline · prismatic · jeweled