| ADJECTIVE | all | shiny, glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining | reflecting light |
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| all | shiny, glazed | having a shiny surface or coating / coating | |
| all | shiny, bright, burnished, lustrous, shining | made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing |
| Sounds | shay'niy | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abalone ... Zuni: 221 rhymes with niy... | |
| Meaning | Reflecting light. | |
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| Example | "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet" | |
| Synonyms | glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shining | |
| Broader | bright | emitting or reflecting light readily or in large amounts |
| Spanish | brillante, lustroso, refulgente, reluciente | |
| Catalan | brillant, lluent | |
| Nouns | shininess | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light |
| Meaning | Having a shiny surface or coating / coating. | |
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| Synonym | glazed | |
| Narrower | glass-like | resembling glass |
| glassy, vitreous, vitrified | (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing / fusing a vitreous solution to it | |
| glossy, calendered | (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers | |
| icy | shiny / shiny and slick as with a thin coating of ice | |
| Opposite | unglazed | not having a shiny coating / coating |
| Spanish | brillante, glaseado | |
| Nouns | shine | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| shininess | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | |
| Meaning | made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow. | |
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| Example | "shiny black patents" | |
| Synonyms | bright, burnished, lustrous, shining | |
| Broader | polished | perfected or made shiny and smooth |
| Spanish | brillante, bruñido, luminoso, lustroso, reluciente | |
| Catalan | brillant, lluent, llustrós | |
| Nouns | shine | the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light |
| shininess | the visual property of something that shines with reflected light | |
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