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ungleaming

ungleaming adjective: that does not gleam.

Adjective

ungleaming (not comparable)

  1. That does not gleam.
    • […] he was surprised to see Isabel composedly, though avertedly, seated on the bench; the longer and fuller tresses of her now ungleaming hair flung back, and the guitar quietly leaning in the corner.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities

Origin of ungleaming

From un- + gleaming.

Questions about ungleaming

What does ungleaming mean?
Ungleaming means that does not gleam.
What part of speech is ungleaming?
Ungleaming is an adjective.

Words near ungleaming in the dictionary

  1. unglassed
  2. unglaze
  3. unglazed
  4. unglazes
  5. unglazing
  6. ungleaming
  7. ungleaned
  8. ungleeful
  9. unglimmering
  10. unglimpsable
  11. unglimpsed

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