'Flickering' definitions:
Definition of 'flickering'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Shining unsteadily [syn: flickering, aflicker(p)]
Definition of 'Flickering'
From: GCIDE
- Flicker \Flick"er\ (fl[i^]k"[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered (fl[i^]k"[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.] [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian, cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. [root]84. Cf. Flacker.]
- 1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. [1913 Webster]
- And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. [1913 Webster]
- The shadows flicker to fro. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flickering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablaze,
- adrift,
- afire,
- aflame,
- aflicker,
- afloat,
- aglow,
- alight,
- alternating,
- amorphous,
- ardent,
- bickering,
- blazing,
- blinking,
- brief,
- brisk,
- broken,
- burning,
- candent,
- candescent,
- capricious,
- careening,
- catchy,
- changeable,
- changeful,
- choppy,
- comburent,
- cometary,
- conflagrant,
- dancing,
- desultory,
- deviable,
- deviative,
- disconnected,
- discontinuous,
- dizzy,
- eccentric,
- erratic,
- fast and loose,
- fickle,
- fitful,
- flagrant,
- flaming,
- flaring,
- flashing,
- fleet,
- flickery,
- flicky,
- flighty,
- flitting,
- fluctuating,
- fluttering,
- fluttery,
- freakish,
- fuming,
- giddy,
- glowing,
- guttering,
- halting,
- herky-jerky,
- heteroclite,
- ignescent,
- ignited,
- immethodical,
- impetuous,
- impulsive,
- in a blaze,
- in a glow,
- in flames,
- incandescent,
- inconsistent,
- inconstant,
- indecisive,
- infirm,
- inflamed,
- intermittent,
- intermitting,
- irregular,
- irresolute,
- irresponsible,
- jerky,
- kindled,
- lambent,
- live,
- living,
- lurching,
- mazy,
- mercurial,
- meteoric,
- moody,
- nonuniform,
- on fire,
- patchy,
- playing,
- quick,
- quivering,
- quivery,
- rambling,
- reeking,
- restless,
- rough,
- roving,
- scatterbrained,
- scintillant,
- scintillating,
- scrappy,
- shapeless,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- short,
- short and sweet,
- short-term,
- short-termed,
- shuffling,
- smoking,
- smoldering,
- snatchy,
- sparking,
- spasmatic,
- spasmic,
- spasmodic,
- spastic,
- speedy,
- spineless,
- spluttering,
- sporadic,
- spotty,
- sputtering,
- sputtery,
- staggering,
- stroboscopic,
- swift,
- unaccountable,
- uncertain,
- uncontrolled,
- undependable,
- undisciplined,
- unequal,
- uneven,
- unextinguished,
- unfixed,
- unmethodical,
- unmetrical,
- unpredictable,
- unquenched,
- unregular,
- unreliable,
- unrestrained,
- unrhythmical,
- unsettled,
- unstable,
- unstable as water,
- unstaid,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsystematic,
- vacillating,
- vagrant,
- variable,
- veering,
- vicissitudinary,
- vicissitudinous,
- volatile,
- wandering,
- wanton,
- wavering,
- wavery,
- wavy,
- wayward,
- whimsical,
- wishy-washy,
- wobbling,
- wobbly