shone

[shohn, shon] / ʃoʊn, ʃɒn /

VERB

give off or reflect light

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beam blink burn dazzle flash flicker glare gleam glisten glitter glow illuminate radiate shimmer sparkle twinkle

STRONG

bedazzle blaze deflect flare glimmer illumine incandesce irradiate luminesce mirror scintillate

WEAK

emit light give light

Antonyms

STRONGEST

darken dull

VERB

polish, burnish

Synonyms

STRONGEST

rub

STRONG

brush buff finish furbish glance glaze gloss scour sleek wax

WEAK

buff up give a sheen make brilliant put a finish on put a gloss on

Antonyms

WEAK

dull

Example Sentences

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Germany's Kai Havertz is also on two goals, along with a number of lower-profile players who have also shone - Balogun, New Zealand's Eliah Just and Sweden's Yasin Ayari.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

All of this shone vividly through his work, which shared his joy, artfulness and deep feeling, and most of all privileged human experience and social interaction.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2026

Balogun may have shone in the US jersey, but if not for an accident of fate he wouldn't even be American.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

The case has shone a spotlight on the way the agency conducts its business, and some former CIA officials said details of the legitimate clandestine operations he ran would inevitably surface.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 16, 2026

I shone my headlamp on Black Star to see if he had heard them, too.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell