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Antonyms for sheen

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sheen
Phonetic Transcription : ʃin

Definition of sheen

Origin :
  • "shining, brightness," 1602 (first attested in "Hamlet" iii.2), noun use of adjective sheene "beautiful, bright," from Old English scene, sciene "beautiful; bright, brilliant," from Proto-Germanic *skauniz "conspicuous" (cf. Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German schön "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunja "beautiful"), from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Meaning "film of oil on water" is from 1970.
  • As an adjective now only in poetic or archaic use, but in Middle English used after a woman's name, or as a noun, "fair one, beautiful woman."
  • noun brightness, shine
Example sentences :
  • Over the River rests the sheen of light; over the hills rests the sheen of romance.
  • Extract from : « The Forest » by Stewart Edward White
  • Through the sheen a softened outline of the town wavered fantastically.
  • Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
  • My sheen's twice the weicht o' yours, and they dinna fit me!'
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • Straucht up hill throuw the heather, and I'll put my sheen on!'
  • Extract from : « Heather and Snow » by George MacDonald
  • The foliage is beautiful, showing a sheen like changeable silk.
  • Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
  • The sheen of the glass houses caught the rays of the sun and glanced in them.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • He was very white now, and there was a sheen of moisture on his face.
  • Extract from : « The Tavern Knight » by Rafael Sabatini
  • I could fancy him grinning behind the sheen of his barrage at my question.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • Eyes like a purple night with the sheen of misty starlight in them.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various
  • The beauty he had spoken of was not simply the sheen of her loveliness, nor the grace of her form.
  • Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

Synonyms for sheen

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