shiny

shiny

adjective \ˈshī-nē\

shin·i·ershin·i·est

Definition of SHINY

1

: having a smooth glossy surface <shiny new shoes>

2

a : bright with the rays of the sun : sunshiny

b : filled with light

3

: rubbed or worn smooth

4

: lustrous with natural secretions <a shiny nose>

— shin·i·ness noun

Examples of SHINY

1. <we could see our reflections in the shiny surface of the marble walls>

First Known Use of SHINY

1558

Related to SHINY

Synonyms

beaming, bedazzling, brilliant, candescent, clear, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glowing, incandescent, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, shining, bright, splendid

Antonyms

dim, dull, lackluster, unbright, unbrilliant

Related Words

ablaze, ardent, blazing, burning, combusting, fiery, flaming, red-hot; agleam, aglitter, blinding, coruscant, flaring, flashing, flickering, gemmy, glancing, glaring, gleaming, glimmering, glinting, glistening, glistering, glittering, scintillant, scintillating, shimmering, shimmery, sparkling, sunny, twinkling, winking; burnished, polished, shined; superbright, ultrabright

Near Antonyms

blackened, dark, darkened, darkish, darkling, darksome, dimmed, dusky, gloomy, lightless, murky, obscure, obscured, pitch-black, pitch-dark, somber (or sombre), sunless, tenebrous, unlit; cloudy, shadowlike, shadowy, shady; gray (also grey), leaden, pale, palish

Rhymes with SHINY

briny, heinie, liny, spiny, tiny, twiny, viny, whiny