Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glimmer of hope

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables: glim-mer of hope
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.

Example Sentences

"After more than a year of unrelenting bad economic numbers, we finally received a glimmer of hope."

Inflected Forms

glimmers of hope (plural)

Synonyms

dawn of hope flicker of hope gleam of hope ray of hope shimmer of hope sign of hope sliver of hope spark of hope

Questions

What does glimmer of hope mean?: A good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.

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