Sheen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Glistening brightness; luster: the sheen of old satin in candlelight.
  • n. Splendid attire.
  • n. A glossy surface given to textiles.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. beautiful, good-looking, attractive; radiant; shiny.
  • n. splendor; radiance; shininess.
  • v. To shine; to glisten.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
  • verb-intransitive. To shine; to glisten.
  • n. Brightness; splendor; glitter.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Fair; bright; shining; glittering; beautiful.
  • To shine; glisten.
  • n. Brightness; luster; splendor.
  • n. An obsolete (Scotch) plural of shoe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
  • Verb Form
    sheened    sheens   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    refulgency    refulgence    shine    radiance    effulgence    radiancy   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    bright    glittering    radiant    fair    showy    sheeny    shine    glisten    brightness    splendor   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aileen    Amin    Arleen    Augustin    Bean    Cathleen    Celine    Charlene    Christine    Clymene   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    lustre    radiance    tint    haze    gleam    shimmer    glitter    luster    blur    shine