shining

shining

adj

Definition of SHINING

1

: emitting or reflecting light

2

: bright and often splendid in appearance : resplendent

3

: possessing a distinguished quality : illustrious

4

: full of sunshine

Examples of SHINING

1. Her latest movie is a shining example of what a film can be.
2. <the shining moon formed a nice backdrop for our outdoor concert>

First Known Use of SHINING

before 12th century

Related to SHINING

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

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Rhymes with SHINING

lining, mining