sheen
noun
1 sheen
The visual property of something that shines with reflected light.
synonyms: luster, lustre, shininess.
Roget 420:
light,
ray,
beam,
stream,
gleam,
streak,
pencil;
sunbeam,
moonbeam;
aurora.
day;
sunshine;
light of day,
light of heaven;
moonlight,
starlight,
sunlight
etc.
(luminary)
432;
daylight,
broad daylight,
noontide light;
noontide,
noonday,
noonday sun.
glow
etc.
v.;
glimmering
etc.
v.;
glint;
play of light,
flood of light;
phosphorescence,
lambent flame.
flush,
halo,
glory,
nimbus,
aureola.
spark,
scintilla;
facula;
sparkling
etc.
v.;
emication†,
scintillation,
flash,
blaze,
coruscation,
fulguration†;
flame
etc.
(fire)
382;
lightning,
levin†,
ignis fatuus [Lat.],
etc.
(luminary)
423.
luster,
sheen,
shimmer,
reflexion [Brit.],
reflection;
gloss,
tinsel,
spangle,
brightness,
brilliancy,
splendor;
effulgence,
refulgence;
fulgor†,
fulgidity†;
dazzlement†,
resplendence,
transplendency†;
luminousness
etc.
adj.;
luminosity;
lucidity;
renitency†,
nitency†;
radiance,
radiation;
irradiation,
illumination.
actinic rays,
actinism;
Roentgen-ray,
Xray;
photography,
heliography;
photometer
etc.
445.
[Science of light]
optics;
photology†,
photometry;
dioptrics†,
catoptrics†.
[Distribution of light]
chiaroscuro,
clairobscur†,
clear obscure,
breadth,
light and shade,
black and white,
tonality.
reflection,
refraction,
dispersion;
refractivity.
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Dutch: glittering, afstraling, glans
Polish: poĆysk, glans, glanc
adjective
Roget 420:
shining
etc.
v.;
luminous,
luminiferous†;
lucid,
lucent,
luculent†,
lucific†,
luciferous;
light,
lightsome;
bright,
vivid,
splendent†,
nitid†,
lustrous,
shiny,
beamy†,
scintillant†,
radiant,
lambent;
sheen,
sheeny;
glossy,
burnished,
glassy,
sunny,
orient,
meridian;
noonday,
tide;
cloudless,
clear;
unclouded,
unobscured†.
gairish†,
garish;
resplendent,
transplendent†;
refulgent,
effulgent;
fulgid†,
fulgent†;
relucent†,
splendid,
blazing,
in a blaze,
ablaze,
rutilant†,
meteoric,
phosphorescent;
aglow.
bright as silver;
light as day,
bright as day,
light as noonday,
bright as noonday,
bright as the sun at noonday.
actinic;
photogenic,
graphic;
heliographic;
heliophagous†.
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Moby thesaurus: afterglow, air glow, brightness, burnish, candescence, dazzle, finish, flush, glaze, gleam, glimmer, glint, gloss, glow, incandescence, luster, polish, radiance, shimmer, shine, shininess, shining light, skylight, sunset glow ... show more.
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