sheen

nounbrightness, shine

Synonyms for sheen

noun brightness, shine

Antonyms for sheen

Word Origin & History

"shining, brightness," 1602 (first attested in "Hamlet" iii.2), noun use of adjective sheene "beautiful, bright," from Old English scene, sciene "beautiful; bright, brilliant," from Proto-Germanic *skauniz "conspicuous" (cf. Old Frisian skene, Middle Dutch scone, Dutch schoon, Old High German skoni, German schön "fair, beautiful;" Gothic skaunja "beautiful"), from PIE root *skeue- "to pay attention, perceive" (see caveat). Meaning "film of oil on water" is from 1970.

As an adjective now only in poetic or archaic use, but in Middle English used after a woman's name, or as a noun, "fair one, beautiful woman."

Example Sentences for sheen

Over the River rests the sheen of light; over the hills rests the sheen of romance.

Through the sheen a softened outline of the town wavered fantastically.

My sheen's twice the weicht o' yours, and they dinna fit me!'

Straucht up hill throuw the heather, and I'll put my sheen on!'

The foliage is beautiful, showing a sheen like changeable silk.

The sheen of the glass houses caught the rays of the sun and glanced in them.

He was very white now, and there was a sheen of moisture on his face.

I could fancy him grinning behind the sheen of his barrage at my question.

Eyes like a purple night with the sheen of misty starlight in them.

The beauty he had spoken of was not simply the sheen of her loveliness, nor the grace of her form.

sheen

Synonyms for sheen

Antonyms for sheen

burnished

glaze

gleam

glister

glitter

sheen

Synonyms for sheen

Antonyms for sheen

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