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Glassy

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adjective. Characteristic of or resembling glass.

adjective. Lifeless; expressionless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Resembling or of the nature of glass; vitreous: as, a glassy substance.

Resembling glass in some quality, as smoothness, brittleness, transparency, or power of reflecting; hence, as applied to the eye or glance, having a fixed, unintelligent stare, as in idiocy, stupidity, spasm, terror, insanity, or death.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adjective. Made of glass; vitreous.

adjective. Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency

adjective. Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.

adjective. a variety of orthoclase; sanidine.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adjective. Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective.

adjective. Dull, expressionless

adjective. Absence of any chop on the water, making it smooth like glass. Swell creating breaking waves may still be present, glassy doesn't imply complete flatness.

noun. glass marble

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adjective. resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness

adjective. (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

adjective. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

Word Usage

"I placed the two halves under the broiler for a few seconds and they came out a bit warm covered in glassy, shiny sugar layer."

cross-reference

glassy cutworm glassy feldspar

Equivalent

empty glazed shiny smooth

Form

glassily glassiness

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Cassie Lassie Malagasy Massey Tallahassee

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

amber bloodshot brittle colorless crystalline

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

blank buffed burnished clear as glass cold

variant

glassier glassiest