Sheen

Quick meaning: Sheen is an adjective meaning (also figuratively) Splendor; radiance; shininess.

Meaning

(also figuratively) Splendor; radiance; shininess.

More Meanings

1. A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.
2. The letter ش in the Arabic script.
3. (rare, usually poetic or archaic) Beautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
4. (rare, usually poetic or archaic) Clear, pure, clean; noble, illustrious; (by extension) innocent, chaste.
5. (rare, intransitive, poetic) To shine; to glisten.

Example Sentences

[…] Would'st hear, what dims those eyes so sheen?

Where the fountains glisten sheenest […] (ch. 12).

Up rose each warrier bold and brave, / Glistening in filed steel and armor sheen.

The woods, and vales were sheen as day, With light from its own living fountain; […]

Word Forms

• sheener
• sheenest
• sheens
• sheening
• sheened

Synonyms for sheen

Depending on context, synonyms include lustre, shininess, luster.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shininess, luster, lustre, brilliant, brightness, gloss.

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