sleek

adjsmooth, glossy

Synonyms for sleek

adj smooth, glossy

Antonyms for sleek

Word Origin & History

1580s, variant of Middle English slike (see slick (adj.)). Originally of healthy-looking animal hair; applied to persons 1630s, with sense of "plump and smooth-skinned." Figurative meaning "slick, fawning, flattering" is from 1590s.

Example Sentences for sleek

His complexion was pale and sodden, and his hair short, dark, and sleek.

And Mr. Beaufort patted the sleek neck of his favourite hunter.

Men led up the sleek cattle to be slain for the feast of the gods.

"That's part of my business," he heard Burnham say in his sleek, oleaginous accents.

With these steeds, so well fitted for hunting, were twelve sleek, fleet hounds.

She stroked the sleek necks of the colts and handed them bunches of grass.

So did his person, which was sleek though free from corpulency.

The door opened and in walked Mike with the sleek goose under his arm.

Grip soon recovered his looks, and became as glossy and sleek as ever.

If he had suffered in the midst of all that sleek fatness, he had deserved to suffer.

sleek

Synonyms for sleek

Antonyms for sleek

gleaming

glistening

glossy

groom

groomed

sleek

Synonyms for sleek

Antonyms for sleek

More words related to sleek

glassy

gleaming

glistening

glossy

groom

groomed