shiny

shiny

adj \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

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Rhymes with SHINY

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