Sheen
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noun.
Glistening brightness; luster.
noun.
Splendid attire.
noun.
A glossy surface given to textiles.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
To shine; glisten.
noun.
Brightness; luster; splendor.
noun.
An obsolete (Scotch) plural of
shoe
.
Fair; bright; shining; glittering; beautiful.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
intransitive verb.
To shine; to glisten.
adjective.
Bright; glittering; radiant; fair; showy; sheeny.
noun.
Brightness; splendor; glitter.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
beautiful
,
good-looking
,
attractive
;
radiant
;
shiny
.
noun.
splendor
;
radiance
;
shininess
.
verb.
To
shine
; to
glisten
.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun.
the visual property of something that shines with reflected light
Word Usage
"The product, at the end of the day, is a very literary, heavy on style monkeyism, story which might just have a thin sheen of SF patina on it."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
effulgence
radiance
radiancy
refulgence
refulgency
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Aileen
Amin
Arleen
Augustin
Bean
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
blur
complexion
gleam
glitter
glow
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
afterglow
air glow
bright
brightness
brightness
verb-form
sheened
sheens