SHEENS Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

sheens

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present tense third-person singular of sheen

as in gleams

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Like Beckham’s dress, the 100-percent silk dress softly gleams in the light.

— Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Despite a couple of funky skips, the album is fueled by the hunger of an artist who really wants the pop life again, perking up electro-scuzz and arena rock with new wave that gleams like glitter.

— Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2025

Definition of gleams

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Both for the islanders and for us, the summer shimmers with a hallucinatory mixture of languor and emotional speed, as summers do in childhood.

— Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 27 June 2026
This Kendra Scott necklace features a dainty, mother-of-pearl shell pendant that shimmers in the sunlight.

— Tessa Petak, InStyle, 23 June 2026

Definition of shimmers

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Fifty years later, his military haircut glistens with silver from a lifetime serving in fatigues.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Mercury's steady light will shine low on the western horizon in the glow of the setting sun, as while Jupiter glistens close to its upper left, with Venus and the moon lining up beyond to create a spectacular planetary display.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of glistens

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Your 1st House of Identity glows as the intuitive Moon conjoins loving Venus in your sign, making your presence more noticeable than usual.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2026
Transamerica Pyramid looks almost close enough to touch; Coit Tower glows faintly in the distance.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026

Definition of glows

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The air is perfectly warm, the sunshine glints on the water, happy people pass by and wave.

— Kristy Woodson Harvey, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
That, from time to time, during his endless task, the sun glints across the rock’s face in a way that reminds him that there were good times, or at least different times.

— Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 12 May 2026

Definition of glints

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