flickered
Light danced unsteadily
Flickered is the past tense of flicker, meaning to shine unsteadily or waver rapidly between states.
A candle flame flickered in the draft.
Lights flickered during the storm.
The word extends to quick, intermittent movements or expressions: A smile flickered across her face.
Hope flickered briefly, then died.
Shone with faint light
- shimmeredShone with wavering light
- glintedShone with brief flashes
- flashedShone briefly
- twinkledShone with intermittent light
blinked · guttered · sputtered · danced · glowed · pulsed · winked · sparkled
Showed unsteady resolve
- hesitatedPaused from uncertainty
- falteredLost momentum or confidence
- stutteredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
- sputteredSpoke in fragments
vacillated · trembled · quivered · weakened · flagged · faded · dimmed · waned
Went from side to side
- passedWent beyond or succeeded
- flashedShone briefly
- stirredMixed by circular motion
- surfacedCame into view
registered · betrayed · showed · revealed · glinted · sparked · danced · played
Passing very quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- briefShort in duration
- ephemeralLasting very briefly
- passingMoving by or temporary
evanescent · short-lived · transitory · vanishing · fading · dissipating · dying · waning
glimmered
Shone with faint light
twinkled · blinked · guttered · sputtered · danced · glowed · pulsed · winked · sparkled · gleamed
wavered
Showed unsteady resolve
- hesitatedPaused from uncertainty
- falteredLost momentum or confidence
- stutteredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
sputtered · vacillated · trembled · quivered · weakened · flagged · faded · dimmed · waned · struggled
crossed
Went from side to side
surfaced · registered · betrayed · showed · revealed · glinted · sparked · danced · played · hinted
fleeting
Passing very quickly
passing · evanescent · short-lived · transitory · vanishing · fading · dissipating · dying · waning · ebbing
flickeredwent dark
Ceased transmitting or communicating
extinguished · went out · died · darkened · blacked out
- flickering lightsIllumination that stutters
- flickering flame
- flickering images
- screen flickerRapid visual pulsing on monitors
- forked tongue flicker
- flea flickerMisdirection gridiron maneuver