Synonyms for shiny
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : shahy-nee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃaɪ ni |
Top 10 synonyms for shiny Other synonyms for the word shiny
Définition of shiny
Origin :- 1580s, from shine (n.) + -y (2). As a noun meaning "a shiny object" (also "money") from 1856. Related: Shininess.
- adj bright, glistening
- The sweat oozed from his shiny forehead as he backed cautiously away.
- Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
- Worn smooth and shiny now, it is still my most precious possession.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 » by Various
- Later there was rock, sometimes granite-like, sometimes black and shiny.
- Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
- Those eyes were the shiny, vacuous, soulless eyes of a madman!
- Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
- The shiny floors had scarcely been walked upon, since they had been refinished.
- Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
- He was all soft and shiny, and had wee green eyes like emeralds.
- Extract from : « Perez the Mouse » by Luis Coloma
- It becomes hard and shiny, and has cracks running through it.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- He thrust the pipe bowl into the pocket of his shiny black jacket.
- Extract from : « End of the Tether » by Joseph Conrad
- "I'll just make her," she vowed, gathering up her shiny new school-books.
- Extract from : « Highacres » by Jane Abbott
- When a surface is very smooth, we say it is shiny or glossy.
- Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
Antonyms for shiny
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