shiny
pronunciation
How to pronounce shiny in British English:
UK [ˈʃaɪni]
How to pronounce shiny in American English:
US [ˈʃaɪni]
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- Adjective:
- reflecting light
- having a shiny surface or coating
- made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow
- abounding with sunlight
Word Origin
- shiny (adj.)
- 1580s, from shine (n.) + -y (2). As a noun meaning "a shiny object" (also "money") from 1856. Related: Shininess.
Synonym
resplendent smooth beamy gleaming irradiant glowing scintillant sleek sheenful agleam aglisten glinting shimmering glittering glossy polished brilliant silken scintillating fulgent dazzling fulgid lustrous sheeny burnished bright shining glistening radiant sparkling coruscating satiny effulgent beaming nitid glassy lambent aglimmer
Example
- 1. Lying on the ground was a small , shiny object .
- 2. It was long , shiny , and bright red-toad 's favourite colour .
- 3. Bare flesh , vulnerable , cushiony , shiny , lumpish pink-white thickly shadowed in grey and blue , was everywhere .
- 4. These shiny , nutty-tasting seeds pack a secret weight loss weapon : compoundscalled lignans .
- 5. Chrome door handles lights up our trucks handles with shiny power .