shining en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/
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Etymology
By surface analysis, shine + -ing.
Meanings
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Emitting light.
'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.
1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1:
- Reflecting light.
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Having a high polish or sheen.
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.
1910 February, Kate Langley Bosher, “A Real Wedding”, in Mary Cary: “Frequently Martha”, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 165:Hardly knowing what he meant, she plucked a many-headed specimen with a long stalk. At the end of it was such a shining needle that it dazzled her eyes so that she couldn’t see how she did the sewing up with it. But however it was done, the torn sleeve, she says, “didn’t look like wanting mending any more, but was better tore ’cos it let you see he had a shininger coat under.”
1913, Greville MacDonald, “The Twins Write a Letter and Get New Shoes”, in Jack & Jill: A Fairy Story, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 53:
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Having exceptional merit.
a shining example
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.
1956, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, “What News the Eagle Brought”, in The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia; 7), New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 82–83:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most shining | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| shininger | Degree=Cmp | nonstandard, rare | lexicographic |
| more shining | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| shiningest | Degree=Sup | nonstandard, rare | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Hyponyms
briny · shimmering · ablaze · aglimmer · shimmery · coruscant · limpid · iridescent · incandescent · nitid · rutilant · candescent · ashimmer · dazzling · bright
Relateds
Synonyms
beamy · lit · gleamy · lighted · luminous · radiant · mirrory · lustrous · refulgent · lucific · relucent · beamsome · lambent · lucent · shining · resplendent · fulgent · luciferous · aglow · mirrorlike · splendent · effulgent · zazzy · shining · luminous · shiny · alight · sheeny · illuminating · glowing · shiny · orient · luminiferous · beamful · mirrorlike · relucent · glisteny · luminant · brilliant · profulgent · glowing
Translations (92)
it lustro (having a high polish or sheen) · fi kuultava (emitting light) · ka ბრწყინვალე (emitting light) · fi heijastava (reflecting light) · de strahlend (emitting light) · de brillant (having exceptional merit) · it brillante (having exceptional merit) · sa चन्द्र (emitting light) · ru сия́ющий (emitting light) · es brillante (emitting light) · ga lonrach (reflecting light) · fr renommé (having exceptional merit) · hi चमकीला (emitting light) · la lūcidus (emitting light) · ml തിളങ്ങുന്ന (having exceptional merit) · fi kiiluva (reflecting light) · gl brillante (emitting light) · de glänzend (having a high polish or sheen) · ka ბრწყინვალე (having a high polish or sheen) · ota نورانی (emitting light) · hi चमकीला (reflecting light) · ro reputat (having exceptional merit) · fr splendide (having exceptional merit) · hi चमकीला (having a high polish or sheen) · jv sumunar (emitting light) · fi kiiltävä (having a high polish or sheen) · fi loistava (having exceptional merit) · ru блестя́щий (reflecting light) · ro strălucitor (emitting light) · es renombrado (having exceptional merit) · hy փայլուն (having a high polish or sheen) · el λαμπρός (emitting light) · fr lustré (having a high polish or sheen) · bg сия́ещ (emitting light) · hy պայծառ (emitting light) · es espléndido (having exceptional merit) · grc ἀγλαός (emitting light) · es reputado (having exceptional merit) · arz لميع (emitting light) · es famoso (having exceptional merit) · ru сверка́ющий (having a high polish or sheen) · it brillante (emitting light) · fr célèbre (having exceptional merit) · la radians (emitting light) · fr illustre (having exceptional merit) · txb lakᵤtse (emitting light) · bg лъ́скав (having a high polish or sheen) · it lucido (having a high polish or sheen) · la nitidus (reflecting light) · bg све́тещ (emitting light) · ro strălucitor (reflecting light) · ga lonrach (having a high polish or sheen) · es lustroso (having a high polish or sheen) · es ilustre (having exceptional merit) · fr brillant (emitting light) · ka ბრწყინვალე (having exceptional merit) · bg блестя́щ (reflecting light) · ru светя́щий (emitting light) · fi valaiseva (emitting light) · es lúcido (having a high polish or sheen) · fi erinomainen (having exceptional merit) · jv sumunar (reflecting light) · es célebre (having exceptional merit) · ro ilustru (having exceptional merit) · fi hohtava (reflecting light) · ckb پەخش (having exceptional merit) · ro strălucitor (having a high polish or sheen) · de hervorragend (having exceptional merit) · la nitidus (emitting light) · ml തിളങ്ങുന്ന (emitting light) · sa उज्ज्वल (emitting light) · ro reflector (reflecting light) · de leuchtend (emitting light) · fr réputé (having exceptional merit) · grc λαμπρός (emitting light) · fi hohtava (emitting light) · fi loistava (emitting light) · ckb بریقەدار (reflecting light) · it lucente (emitting light) · hy փայլուն (reflecting light) · fr fameux (having exceptional merit) · wyi wūl–lū–djin (emitting light) · uk ся́ючий (emitting light) · it brillante (having a high polish or sheen) · hy փայլուն (having exceptional merit) · ka ბრწყინვალე (reflecting light) · bg блестя́щ (having exceptional merit) · ota ایشق (emitting light) · ka ელვარე (emitting light) · de reflektierend (reflecting light) · ro lucios (having a high polish or sheen) · ru блестя́щий (having exceptional merit)