Antonyms for gloss

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : glos, glaws

Phonetic Transcription : glɒs, glɔs

Definition of gloss

Origin : "luster," 1530s, from Scandinavian (cf. Icelandic glossi "flame," related to glossa "to flame"), or obsolete Dutch gloos "a glowing," from Middle High German glos; probably ultimately from the same source as Old English glowan (see glow (v.)).

noun shine, sheen
noun definition
verb make shiny
verb conceal truth
verb define

Example sentences :

They draw this distinction when it is too late, and use it as a quibble to gloss over their fault.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

This filler should be very thin and leave only a suggestion of gloss.
Extract from : « Taxidermy » by Leon Luther Pray

Nor did he try to gloss over or strive to nullify his own dishonorable actions.
Extract from : « Garrison's Finish » by W. B. M. Ferguson

What could gloss over the base return he made them for all their hospitalities and attention?
Extract from : « Jack Hinton » by Charles James Lever

One does not care to own a girl as tall as that while the gloss is on one's hair.
Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens

Let me finish the article; I 'II give it the gloss for sale!
Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever

If it only gloss over the working of human sympathy, we pity the men.
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

They undoubtedly received a gloss from the ages which transmitted the tales.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

The word is explained by a gloss, 'Shamash has made him great.'
Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow

After dyeing it is sized to stiffen it, and also to increase the gloss on the cloth.
Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley

Synonyms for gloss

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