Meaning of SHINY
| Pronunciation: | | 'shInee
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- [adj] reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel"
- [adj] abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny"
- [adj] having a shiny surface or coating; "glazed fabrics"; "glazed doughnuts"
- [adj] made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"
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| | Synonyms: | | bright, burnished, calendered, clear, glassy, glazed, glistening, glossy, icy, lustrous, polished, sheeny, shining, sunny, sunshiny, vitreous, vitrified |
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| | Antonyms: | | unglazed | | |
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| | Definition: | | \Shin"y\, a. [Compar. {Shinier}; superl. {Shiniest}.]
Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
Like distant thunder on a shiny day. --Dryden.
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