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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shiny |
| Synonyms: | bright, brilliant, burnished, chatoyant, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, lustrous, polished, reflecting, silken, silky, sleek, slick, smooth |
| Antonyms: | drab, dull, mate, muted |
| Main Entry: | brilliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, bright, clinquant, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashy, fulgent, gleaming, glittering, glossy, incandescent, intense, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, scintillating, showy, sparkling, vivid |
| Antonyms: | dark, dull, dulled |
| Main Entry: | glamorous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sophisticated in style |
| Synonyms: | alluring, attractive, bewitching, captivating, charismatic, charming, classy, dazzling, drop-dead gorgeous, elegant, enchanting, entrancing, exciting, fascinating, flashy, foxy*, glittering, glossy, looking like a million, lovely, magnetic, nifty, prestigious, righteous, seductive, siren, smart |
| Antonyms: | dull, lackluster, ugly, unglamorous, unsophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | glassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | polished, smooth |
| Synonyms: | burnished, clear, glazed, glazy, glossy, hyaline, hyaloid, icy, lustrous, shiny, sleek, slick, slippery, transparent, vitreous, vitric |
| Antonyms: | dull, rough, rugged, uneven |
| Main Entry: | light |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | illuminated |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, aglow, bright, brilliant, burnished, clear, cloudless, flashing, fluorescent, glossy, glowing, lambent, lucent, luminous, lustrous, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, rich, scintillant, shining, shiny, sunny, unclouded, unobscured, vivid, well-lighted, well-lit |
| Antonyms: | black, dark, darkened, dim, gloomy, obscure |
| Main Entry: | magazine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | periodic publication |
| Synonyms: | annual, bimonthly, biweekly, booklet, broadside, brochure, circular, daily, digest, gazette, glossy, joint, journal, manual, monthly, newsletter, newspaper, organ, pamphlet, paper, periodical, pulp, quarterly, rag, review, semiweekly, sheet, slick, throwaway, weekly |
| Main Entry: | ornate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fancily decorated |
| Synonyms: | adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bedecked, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, embroidered, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded, glamorous, glitzy, glossy, high-wrought, jeweled, lavish, luscious, magnificent, meretricious, opulent, ornamented, ostentatious, overdone, overelaborate, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, sparkling, splashy, sumptuous, superficial, tawdry, variegated |
| Notes: | ornamental means serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose, while ornate means elaborately or excessively decorated or adorned |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple |
| Main Entry: | resplendent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, radiant |
| Synonyms: | beaming, blazing, brilliant, dazzling, effulgent, flaming, gleaming, glittering, glorious, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, irradiant, luminous, lustrous, magnificent, proud, refulgent, shining, shiny, splendid, splendiferous, splendorous, sublime, superb |
| Antonyms: | cloudy, dull, gloomy, withering |
| Main Entry: | shiny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright, glistening |
| Synonyms: | agleam, burnished, clear, gleaming, glossy, lustrous, polished, satiny, sheeny, slick, sparkling, sunny |
| Antonyms: | dark, dull |
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