shining

Speech parts

1. shining - Noun

2. shining - Adjective

3. shining - Verb

5. shining - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Shine

Emitting light, esp. in a continuous manner; radiant; as, shining lamps; also, bright by the reflection of light; as, shining armor.

Splendid; illustrious; brilliant; distinguished; conspicious; as, a shining example of charity.

Having the surface smooth and polished; -- said of leaves, the surfaces of shells, etc.

Emission or reflection of light.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bright lustrous brilliant splendid radiant glittering resplendent glistening effulgent luminous incandescent glowing shiny polishing sparkling
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Antonyms

bowery sawtooth bituminous darkling dark pale
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Hypernyms

work

Hyponyms

shoeshine

Phrases with the word

knight in shining armour from sea to shining sea shining shoes shining fir clubmoss shining yellow shining blue

Anagrams

Hsining

Examples

There is in every madman a misunderstood genius whose idea, shining in his head, frightened people, and for whom delirium was the only solution to the strangulation that life had prepared for him. Antonin Artaud

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. John F. Kennedy

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. Juvenal

A cursed horse has a shining coat. Corsican Proverb

The sun loses nothing by shining into a puddle. Italian Proverb

When the moon is shining the cripple becomes hungry for a walk. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

shinigami shinily shininess shining bedstraw shining blazingstar shining blue