shining

shining

adjective

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

Rhymes with SHINING

lining, mining