sparkle meaning

sparkle as a verb

1. reflect brightly
   • Unquarried marble sparkled on the hillside

   Synonyms: scintillate, coruscate

   Type of: reflect

   Related forms: sparkler, sparkling

2. be lively or brilliant or exhibit virtuosity
   • The musical performance sparkled
   • A scintillating conversation
   • his playing coruscated throughout the concert hall

   Synonyms: scintillate, coruscate

   Type of: be

3. emit or produce sparks
   • A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark

   Synonyms: spark

   Type of: emit

4. become bubbly or frothy or foaming
   • The boiling soup was frothing
   • The river was foaming
   • sparkling water

   Synonyms: foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, form bubbles

   Type of: bubble

   Kinds: lather, seethe

sparkle as a noun

1. merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance
   • he had a sparkle in his eye
   • there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes

   Synonyms: twinkle, spark, light

   Type of: vitality, expression

   Related forms: sparkly

2. the occurrence of a small flash or spark

   Synonyms: glitter, coruscation

   Type of: flash

   Related forms: sparkly

3. the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

   Synonyms: glitter, glister, glisten, scintillation

   Type of: brightness

sparkle in a sentence

• Whenever she moves her head, her earrings swing and sparkle.
• Let's make those teeth sparkle with some brushing.
• A smile flitted across her face, and her eyes began to sparkle.
• The icy road sparkled in the sunlight.
• The diamond necklace twinkled and sparkled in the light.

How to pronounce sparkle

sparkle is pronounced /ˈspɑrkəl/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with sparkle

• patriarchal
• matriarchal