Glossy \Gloss"y\ (gl[o^]s"[y^]), a. [Compar. Glossier
(gl[o^]s"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Glossiest.] [See Gloss
luster.]
1. Smooth and shining; reflecting luster from a smooth
surface; highly polished; lustrous; as, glossy silk; a
glossy surface.
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2. Smooth; specious; plausible; as, glossy deceit.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
glossy
adj 1: having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair";
"satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken
eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick
seals and otters" [syn: satiny, sleek, silken, silky,
silklike, slick]
2: (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made
smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers;
"calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen" [syn: calendered]
3: reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the
horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the
moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet";
"shining white enamel" [syn: glistening, lustrous, sheeny,
shiny, shining]
[also: glossiest, glossier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
66 Moby Thesaurus words for "glossy":
Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, artificial, blowup, blueprint, bogus,
buffed, burnished, contact printing, contrived, counterfeit,
cyanotype, enlargement, false, feigned, finished, fraudulent,
furbished, glace, glassy, glazed, gleaming, glistening, hologram,
imitation, insincere, lacquered, lantern slide, lustrous, matte,
meretricious, microcopy, microprint, photocopy, photogravure,
photostatic copy, polished, positive, pretended, print,
projection printing, pseudo, put-on, rubbed, satiny, semi-matte,
sheeny, shellacked, shined, shining, shiny, silken, silky,
simulated, sleek, slick, slide, smarmy, smooth, specious,
transparency, unreal, varnished, velvety, waxed
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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