glistenEnglishOxford English Thesaurusglisten verb the sea glistened in the early morning light: shine, sparkle, twinkle, glint, glitter, catch the light, glimmer, shimmer, glow, flicker, blink, wink, flash; literary glister; rare coruscate, scintillate, fulgurate, effulge, luminesce, incandesce, phosphoresce.glisten Oxford Dictionary of English