shiny
/ˈʃaɪ.ni/
shiny adjective: reflecting light.
Adjective
shiny (comparative shinier or more shiny, superlative shiniest or most shiny)
- Reflecting light.
- He was wearing a new, fawn-coloured summer suit and a new straw hat—his trousers the creasiest and his shoes the shiniest. Yet he seemed not to be taking the usual infantile satisfaction in a very smart, correct costume.1920, Will Payne, The Scarred Chin, page 130
- Commercially produced yarn, such as rayon, produces a cloth with a smoother, shinier look than hand-spun cotton, but the uneven, rugged look of hand-spun cotton can be quite appealing.2011, Ronke Luke-Boone, African Fabrics: Sewing Contemporary Fashion with Ethic Flair
- Emitting light.
- Antonyms:
- dark
- Excellent; remarkable.
- We're shiny, Okay?2007, Christopher Brookmyre, Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks, →ISBN, page 132
- Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded.
- Like distant thunder on a shiny day.1665, John Dryden, Verses to her Royal Highness the Duchess [of York]
- When I was bound apprentice in famous Lincolnshire
Full well I served my master for nigh on seven years
Till I took up to poaching as you shall quickly hear
Oh, 'tis my delight on a shiny night in the season of the year.The Lincolnshire Poacher (traditional song)
Noun (1)
shiny (plural shinies)
- Anything that glitters; a trinket.
- A desirable collectible.
Noun (2)
shiny (plural shinies)
- A deskworker.
shiny meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
shiny in Hindi
- reflecting light
- चमकीला camkīlā
- emitting light
- चमकीला camkīlā
- excellent
- उत्कृष्ट utkŕṣṭ, श्रेष्ठ śreṣṭh
shiny in Tamil
- shiny, glittery
- பளபள paḷapaḷa
shiny in Urdu
- shiny, glimmering
- درفش durafš
- shiny, bright
- براق barāq
- shiny
- چمکیلا camkīlā
shiny in Bengali
- চকচকে, ঝলমলে
More languagesFewer languages
- shiny in Telugu
- మెరిసేది, మెరిసే
- shiny in Malayalam
- പ്രകാശിക്കുന്ന, ശോഭയുള്ള, തെളിവുള്ള, ശുഭ്രമായ
- shiny in Kannada
- ಹೊಳೆಯುವ, ಬೆಳಗುವ, ನುಣ್ಣಗಿನ
- shiny in Odia
- ଚମକପ୍ରଦ
- shiny in Assamese
- চিকমিকিয়া sikmikia
- shiny in Arabic
- بَرَّاق barrāq, لَامِع lāmiʕ
- shiny in Persian
- درخشان deraxšân
- shiny in Vietnamese
- bóng
Examples of shiny in a sentence
- He pomaded his hair until it looked like a piece of shiny plastic.
- The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.
- She pulled up in a shiny black Caddy at six o'clock.
Synonyms of shiny
Antonyms
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Forms of shiny
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | shinier |
| comparative | more shiny |
| superlative | shiniest |
| superlative | most shiny |
| Noun | |
| plural | shinies |
Origin of shiny
From shine + -y (adjectival suffix).
From shine + -y (noun suffix).
Contraction of "shiny arse", originated during World War II. https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mAdUqLrKw4YC&pg=PA1717
Words formed from shiny
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Words that rhyme with shiny
Questions about shiny
- What does shiny mean?
- Shiny means reflecting light.
- What is shiny in Hindi?
- Shiny in Hindi is चमकीला (camkīlā), उत्कृष्ट (utkŕṣṭ), श्रेष्ठ (śreṣṭh). See Shiny meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is shiny?
- Shiny can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce shiny?
- Shiny is pronounced /ˈʃaɪ.ni/.
Words near shiny in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shiny (page history and authors); பளபள (Tamil) (page history and authors); براق (Urdu) (page history and authors); shiny (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shiny (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); shiny (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shiny (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shiny (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); চিকমিকিয়া (Assamese) (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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