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Meaning of outsparkle | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To exceed in sparkling.
  2. To sparkle outwards.
    poetic

Examples

“Her eyes outsparkled the jewels she wore.”
“I want you to know about Tully because he is the epitome of good health, good habits, and a great disposition with a twinkle in his eye that will outsparkle the most precious diamond.”
“Her cheeks were as round and red as lore-apples, and she had dancing blue eyes that appeared for ever engaged in good-natured efforts to outsparkle each other.”
“a youthful wight Smiling beneath a coral diadem Outsparkling sudden like an upturn'd gem.”
“Or did they rise, thus rude, And curl their uncouth ring in that same age Which saw the fair-proportioned Parthenon In its first finish of Pentelic marble, Outsparkle from the hand of Phidias?”
“A flushing font, a sure upheaving well, Which now outsparkled from its fountain-head To freshen even her trampled virgin wreath , Making her move aside to weep for death.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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