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shine
Synonyms and Antonyms of shine
1
brightness created by light reflected from a surface
dimness, dinginess, dirtiness, drabness, dullness (also dulness), flatness
cloudiness, gloom, murkiness, obscureness, obscurity, somberness
2
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible
3
positive regard for something
appetite, fancy, favor, fondness, like, liking, love, love affair, partiality, preference, relish, taste, use
4
usually shines plural
a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke
adventure, experience, game, lark, time
high jinks (also hijinks), horseplay, play, roughhousing, rowdyism
deed, feat, mission, performance, stunt
caprice, conceit, fancy, vagary, whim, whimsy (also whimsey)
deceit, deception, delusion, fooling, fraud, hanky-panky, hoodwinking, ruse, sham, stratagem, subterfuge, trickery, wile
shine
Synonyms and Antonyms of shine
1
to emit rays of light
2
to make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure
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