Meaning

4 senses
  1. Reflecting light.

    glänzend

    блестя́щийblestjáščij

    reflecting light

  2. Emitting light.

    leuchtend, funkelnd

    светя́щийсяsvetjáščijsja

  3. (colloquial)Excellent; remarkable.

    wunderbar

    превосходныйprevosxodnyj, великоле́пныйvelikolépnyj, отли́чныйotlíčnyj

  4. (obsolete)Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.

Examples

58 sentences
  1. Tom's bald head is very shiny.

  2. Tom has a shiny bald head.

  3. The car is waxed and shiny.

  4. Tom saw something shiny in the water.

  5. The tiles are shiny.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
reflecting light:
emitting light:
excellent:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
reflecting light:
emitting light:
excellent:

Forms

shinier/more shiny, shiniest/most shiny
Comparativeshinier / more shiny Lesson
Superlativeshiniest / most shiny Lesson

regular

Synonyms

16 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

11 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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