glossy
UK/ˈɡlɒsi//ˈɡlɔsi/
glossy adjective: having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
Adjective
glossy (comparative glossier, superlative glossiest)
- Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
- glossy hair
- glossy magazine
- Synonyms:
- lacquerlike, satiny, sleek
- 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
- This divisive populist electro may never shake its myriad detractors who cry foul about the glossy repackaging of the scene it’s largely indebted to, but it’s wrong to dismiss such meticulously crafted production because of its accessibility.2015 December 25, “20 Best Albums of 2015”, in Genius
- Synonyms:
- eye-catching, flashy, prominent, attention-grabbing, conspicuous, grabby, high-profile, salient
Noun
glossy (plural glossies)
- A glossy magazine.
- The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets.
- A glossy photograph.
- His roster of patients was drawn almost exclusively from among what he liked to call creative people, chiefly writers and painters and composers, and he talked about them so freely that I sometimes half expected him to put up autographed glossies around the office, like the ones on the wall at the...1998 August 17, Adam Gopnik, “Man Goes To See a Doctor”, in The New Yorker
- Black and white 8- × 10-inch glossies are best, but 5- × 7-inch is okay too. Place photos on top of cardboard when mailing. Don't tape or paper-clip because doing so can ruin the photo.2013, Stacy Zemon, The DJ Sales and Marketing Handbook
- A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.
- Anna Magnani has been making Hollywood glossies recently, so it was good to see her back again in a native Italian production, The Last Temptation, in which with great artistry and all her usual power she played a Nun who finds a woman's and even a mother's heart beating strongly beneath her...1959, Film Review, page 102
- […] the first home-made guide to TV films by which is meant old films shown on the box, not those new Hollywood glossies made specially for it (though a guide there too would soon be welcome).1973, Films and Filming, volume 20, page 10
glossy meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
glossy in Urdu
- glossy
- چمکیلا camkīlā
glossy in Telugu
- నిగనిగలాడే, నిగనిగలాడేది
glossy in Malayalam
- മിനുങ്ങുന്ന, മിനുസമുള്ള, മെഴുക്കുകടലാസിൽ അച്ചടിച്ച
glossy in Kannada
- ಹೊಳಪು ಮೈಯ, ನಯವಾಗಿಯೂ, ಹೊಳೆಯುವಂತೆಯೂ ಇರುವ, ಹೊಳಪು ಕಾಗದದ, ಥಳಕು ಪಳಕಾಗಿರುವ
More languagesFewer languages
- glossy in Gujarati
- ચળકતા, ગ્લોસી
- glossy in Nepali
- ग्लोसी
- glossy in Thai
- มัน man, เงา ngao
Examples of glossy in a sentence
- The budding starlet is featured in a pictorial in a glossy magazine next week.
- Once the pasta is firmly al dente (toothsome but not snappy), add it into the pan, with a bunch of cheese, and cook til it all becomes glossy.
- Typically the "clean girl" makeup involves fluffy brows, dewy skin, flushed cheeks and glossy lips.
Synonyms of glossy
- lacquerlike
- satiny
- sleek
- eye-catching
- flashy
- prominent
- attention-grabbing
- conspicuous
- grabby
- high-profile
Antonyms
Forms of glossy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | glossier |
| superlative | glossiest |
| Noun | |
| plural | glossies |
Origin of glossy
From gloss + -y.
Words formed from glossy
Phrases with glossy
Words that rhyme with glossy
Questions about glossy
- What does glossy mean?
- Glossy means having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface.
- What is glossy in Urdu?
- Glossy in Urdu is چمکیلا (camkīlā). See Glossy meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is glossy?
- Glossy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce glossy?
- Glossy is pronounced /ˈɡlɒsi/ (UK).
Words near glossy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: glossy (page history and authors); چمکیلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); glossy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glossy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glossy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); glossy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); glossy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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