sheen
Beautiful, good-looking, attractive, fairBeautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
» Silk is known for its natural sheen.
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2 senses(archaic, poetic, rare, usually)Beautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
(archaic, poetic, rare, usually)Clear, pure, clean; noble, illustrious; (by extension) innocent, chaste.
Examples
3 sentencesSilk is known for its natural sheen.
The thin layer of oil at the top of the soup produced a mesmerizing sheen.
Asked if he was bipolar, Charlie Sheen replied that he was "bi-winning."
Origin
From Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilFrom Middle English shene, schene, from Old English sċīene (“beautiful, fair, bright, brilliant, light”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaunī, from Proto-Germanic *skauniz (“beautiful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-.
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Forms
sheener, sheenestWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form