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glossier

glossier is the comparative form of glossy.

Meaning of glossy

Adjective

glossy (comparative glossier, superlative glossiest)

  1. Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
    • glossy hair
    Antonyms:
    flat, matte
  2. (figuratively) Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.
    • The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR.1990 February 4, Leonard Tirado, “Privatized 'Recovery' Versus Collective Action”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 19

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Questions about glossier

What is glossier the comparative form of?
Glossier is the comparative form of glossy.

Words near glossier in the dictionary

  1. glosses
  2. glosses over
  3. glossic
  4. glossid
  5. glossids
  6. glossier
  7. glossies
  8. glossiest
  9. glossily
  10. glossina
  11. glossiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glossier (page history and authors); glossy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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