Shining

Quick meaning: Shining is an adjective meaning Emitting light.

Meaning

Emitting light.

More Meanings

1. Reflecting light.
2. Having a high polish or sheen.
3. Having exceptional merit.
4. present participle and gerund of shine
5. A bright emission of light; a gleam.

Example Sentences

a shining example

He was at the wedding, too. His beard was flowinger and redder, and the part in the back of his head shininger than ever. He had an elegant time. He was so full of himself you would have thought it was his own party.

'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.

Jill had, as you might say quite fallen in love with the Unicorn. She thought—and she wasn’t far wrong—that he was the shiningest, delicatest, most graceful animal she had ever met: and he was so gentle and soft of speech that, if you hadn’t known, you would hardly have believed how fierce and terrible he could be in battle.

Word Forms

• shininger
• shiningest
• shinings

Synonyms for shining

Depending on context, synonyms include fulgent, aglow, alight, beamful, beamsome, beamy.

Antonyms for shining

Common opposites include dark.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include shiny, bright, lustrous, glistening, glossy, clear.

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