shining
/ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/
shining adjective: emitting light. Also the present participle and gerund of shine.
Adjective
shining (comparative more shining or (rare, nonstandard) shininger, superlative most shining or (rare, nonstandard) shiningest)
- Emitting light.
- 'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 1
- Reflecting light.
- Having a high polish or sheen.
- He was at the wedding, too. His beard was flowinger and redder, and the part in the back of his head shininger than ever. He had an elegant time. He was so full of himself you would have thought it was his own party.1910 February, Kate Langley Bosher, “A Real Wedding”, in Mary Cary: “Frequently Martha”, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC, page 165
- Hardly knowing what he meant, she plucked a many-headed specimen with a long stalk. At the end of it was such a shining needle that it dazzled her eyes so that she couldn’t see how she did the sewing up with it. But however it was done, the torn sleeve, she says, “didn’t look like wanting mending...1913, Greville MacDonald, “The Twins Write a Letter and Get New Shoes”, in Jack & Jill: A Fairy Story, London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Sons, […], →OCLC, page 53
- Having exceptional merit.
- a shining example
- Jill had, as you might say quite fallen in love with the Unicorn. She thought—and she wasn’t far wrong—that he was the shiningest, delicatest, most graceful animal she had ever met: and he was so gentle and soft of speech that, if you hadn’t known, you would hardly have believed how fierce and...1956, C[live] S[taples] Lewis, “What News the Eagle Brought”, in The Last Battle (The Chronicles of Narnia; 7), New York, N.Y.: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 82–83
Noun
shining (plural shinings)
- A bright emission of light; a gleam.
Also used as
shining is also the present participle and gerund of shine.
shining meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
shining in Hindi
- emitting light
- चमकीला camkīlā
- reflecting light
- चमकीला camkīlā
- having a high polish or sheen
- चमकीला camkīlā
shining in Tamil
- பிரகாசிக்கும், ஒளிரும்
shining in Marathi
- चमकणारी, चमकणारा
shining in Urdu
- چمکتے ہوئے, چمکتا ہوا
More languagesFewer languages
- shining in Malayalam
- തിളങ്ങുന്ന tiḷaṅṅunna
- shining in Kannada
- ಹೊಳೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ
- shining in Gujarati
- ચમકતા, ચમકતી
- shining in Sanskrit
- चन्द्र candra, उज्ज्वल ujjvala
Examples of shining in a sentence
- The moon as well as the stars was shining down on them.
- She undrew the curtain to reveal the shining rays of the sun.
- Judge Gilligan has been held up as a shining example of judicial restraint.
Synonyms of shining
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Antonyms
Forms of shining
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more shining |
| superlative | most shining |
| comparative (nonstandard, rare) | shininger |
| superlative (nonstandard, rare) | shiningest |
| Noun | |
| plural | shinings |
Origin of shining
By surface analysis, shine + -ing.
Words formed from shining
Phrases with shining
- shining on
- shining up
- shining off
- shining ones
- shining down on
- shining firmoss
- shining through
- shining light on
- shining down upon
- took a shining to
- rising and shining
- shining a light on
15 more phrasesFewer phrases
- taken a shining to
- takes a shining to
- night shining cloud
- taking a shining to
- shining tubeshoulder
- shining tubeshoulders
- from sea to shining sea
- knight in shining armor
- knight in shining armour
- knights in shining armor
- knights in shining armour
- fix the roof while the sun is shining
- fixes the roof while the sun is shining
- fixed the roof while the sun was shining
- fixing the roof while the sun is shining
Words that rhyme with shining
Questions about shining
- What does shining mean?
- Shining means emitting light.
- What is shining in Hindi?
- Shining in Hindi is चमकीला (camkīlā). See Shining meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shining?
- Shining can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shining?
- Shining is pronounced /ˈʃaɪnɪŋ/.
Words near shining in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shining (page history and authors); shining (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shining (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shining (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shining (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shining (Gujarati, 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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