Gleamed

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɡliːmd/

Definitions

1. Emitted a faint or brief light by reflecting it dimly
2. Produced a weak or intermittent glow by bouncing light off a surface
3. Appeared with a slight shine as light reflected from an object

Etymology: This is an inflected form: the simple past and past participle of "gleam." The base verb descends from Old English "glǣm," a noun meaning shine or brightness, which traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to shine." Its relatives across the Germanic languages include the German Gleem, meaning shine or luster, and the Old High German glīmen, meaning to glow. The verb itself came from the noun. Middle English had "glemen," meaning to shine or to glance, formed by adding the verb-making suffix "-en" to the noun "glem," so the sense of light reflected from a surface was built into the word from the start. A separate Middle English verb, "gleimen," meant to smear or make sticky, and it is a different word that happened to look similar.

Synonyms: shone, glowed, sparkled, glimmered, radiated

Antonyms: dull, dim, faded, darkened, obscured