Shiny

Quick meaning: Shiny is an adjective meaning Reflecting light.

Meaning

Reflecting light.

More Meanings

1. Emitting light.
2. (colloquial) Excellent; remarkable.
3. (informal) Anything that glitters; a trinket.
4. (video games) A desirable collectible.
5. (obsolete) Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
6. (slang, derogatory, dated) A deskworker.

Example Sentences

We're shiny, Okay?

Like distant thunder on a shiny day.

Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.

He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.

Word Forms

• shinier
• shiniest
• shinies

Synonyms for shiny

Depending on context, synonyms include gleamy, glisteny, mirrorlike, mirrory, relucent, shining.

Antonyms for shiny

Common opposites include dull, glossless, matt, matte, mirrorless, opaque.

Related Words

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

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