SLEEKED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

sleeked

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past tense of sleek

as in slicked

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Ross’ hair was cleanly slicked back, and her makeup was natural and fresh, save for a subtle smokey eye created with a black liner at the outer third of her eyes.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Stalter kept the statuesque theme going with her beauty look, using Amika products to style her normally brunette locks in a structured golden updo that was slicked away from her face and featured tight curls at the top.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of slicked

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Even a side order of Southern collard greens comes as a surprise, cooked until tender, then glossed with butter rather than swimming in potlikker.

— John Kessler, Chicago Tribune, 8 Sep. 2026
Scotland glossed up the scoreline with two more tries in the last six minutes by Cummings and Dobie again to send home a crowd of 55,000 happy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 July 2026

Definition of glossed

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This crisply cropped jacket from Theory is polished enough to wear to the office with suiting.

— Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
The sculptures with images are polished in the center, creating mirrors that open up the space, resting on the floor and on the wall.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of polished

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Facilities that once smoothed a few weeks of timing now sometimes carry a portfolio for months, occasionally across an entire fundraising cycle.

— Peter Doyle, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Attendees posed for selfies with our supermodel cover stars Anok Yai and Alex Consani, got their curls refreshed with Wella Professionals, and had their foreheads smoothed at VIP neuromodulator appointments.

— Jennet Jusu, Allure, 10 Sep. 2026

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The agreement is a boost for President William Ruto, who has burnished his ties with Western leaders, and made local processing of resources a key plank in his bid for a second term in next year’s election.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The high note Giuliani left office on — after mulling avenues to stay in office past the limitation — burnished his public profile with lucrative results, said his 1993 campaign press secretary Ken Frydman.

— Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of burnished

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Hollidge and Eshaghpour were captivated by Frank’s use of straw, which becomes more or less lustrous depending on how hard it’s rubbed (bringing out the material’s natural silica) and can be dyed to achieve different hues.

— Jill Singer, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2026
The tacos feature za’atar rubbed swordfish kissed by a wood-burning grill, dabbed with tangy pools of labne and a salsa arabe, similar to harissa.

— The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of rubbed

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Ultrathin layer forms stronger protection The team also coated the structured copper foil with an MXene layer roughly 10 nanometers thick.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Sep. 2026
Jewelry sat on and among a sink, chair, cabinet, artist easel, and smaller domestic objects coated in the blue carving wax Vernon uses in the workshop.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

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If Disney writers had penned this tale, Kaepernick would have landed a contract, reclaimed a starting job and shined — cementing his legacy as an iconic NFL quarterback and activist.

— Mike Jones, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Though the more maximalist looks shined too—quite literally, in some cases.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026

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