Words that rhyme with glittery

  • conciliatory
    adj 1: making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" [syn: compromising, conciliatory, flexible] [ant: inflexible, sturdy, uncompromising] 2: intended to placate; "spoke in a conciliating tone"; "a conciliatory visit" [syn: conciliatory, conciliative] [ant: antagonistic]
  • denunciatory
    adj 1: containing warning of punishment [syn: comminatory, denunciative, denunciatory]
  • depreciatory
    adj 1: tending to decrease or cause a decrease in value; "a depreciating currency"; "depreciatory effects on prices" [syn: depreciating, depreciative, depreciatory] 2: tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" [syn: belittling, deprecating, deprecative, deprecatory, depreciative, depreciatory, slighting]
  • expiatory
    adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory]
  • initiatory
    adj 1: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage" [syn: inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden]
  • jittery
    adj 1: characterized by jerky movements; "a jittery ride" 2: being in a tense state [syn: edgy, high-strung, highly strung, jittery, jumpy, nervy, overstrung, restive, uptight]
  • propitiatory
    adj 1: having power to atone for or offered by way of expiation or propitiation; "expiatory (or propitiatory) sacrifice" [syn: expiatory, expiative, propitiatory] 2: intended to reconcile or appease; "sent flowers as a propitiatory gesture" [syn: propitiative, propitiatory]
  • retaliatory
    adj 1: of or relating to or having the nature of retribution; "retributive justice demands an eye for an eye" [syn: retaliatory, relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory]
  • aleatory
    adj 1: dependent on chance; "the aleatory element in life"
  • mediatory
    adj 1: of or related to or directed toward mediation
  • calumniatory
    adj 1: (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign [syn: calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, denigrative, denigrating, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous]
  • reconciliatory
  • abbreviatory
  • deviatory
  • littery
  • skittery
  • twittery
  • renunciatory

See also glittery definition and glittery synonyms