Antonyms for gloss
glɒs, glɔsgloss

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1. glossnoun

   Antonyms:
   nebulousness, haze, literalness, truth, representation, interpretation, reality, verity, glow

   Synonyms:
   polish, luster, misinterpretation, distortion, perversion, twist, plea, pretense, speciousness

Matched Categories

1. • Interpret
   • Polish
   • Shine
   • Smoothness
   • Translate

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1. gloss, rubricnoun

   an explanation or definition of an obscure word in a text

   Synonyms:
   burnish, semblance, rubric, statute title, colour, title, glossiness, polish, color, glossary

2. glossary, glossnoun

   an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field

   Synonyms:
   burnish, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, polish, color, glossary

3. polish, gloss, glossiness, burnishnoun

   the property of being smooth and shiny

   Synonyms:
   burnish, culture, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, cultivation, polish, color, finish, refinement, glossary

4. semblance, gloss, color, colourverb

   an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading

   "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

   Synonyms:
   coloring, colouring, illusion, coloring material, polish, glossary, people of colour, vividness, colour, colouring material, color, glossiness, semblance, likeness, coloration, colouration, rubric, burnish, people of color

5. glossverb

   give a shine or gloss to, usually by rubbing

   Synonyms:
   colour, annotate, color, comment

6. gloss, comment, annotateverb

   provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

   "He annotated on what his teacher had written"

   Synonyms:
   comment, color, remark, footnote, colour, annotate, notice, point out

7. glossverb

   provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase

   Synonyms:
   colour, annotate, color, comment

8. color, colour, glossverb

   give a deceptive explanation or excuse for

   "color a lie"

   Synonyms:
   color in, comment, colorize, emblazon, annotate, color, colour, colorise, discolor, tinge, colourise, colourize, discolour, colour in, distort

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1. glossnoun

   Synonyms:
   luster, polish, sheen, glaze, enamel, show, pretense, commentary, note, annotation, comment, postil

2. glossverb

   Synonyms:
   annotate, comment, illustrate, glaze, polish, palliate, extenuate, gloss over

How to use gloss in a sentence?

1. Amanda Gorman:

   In my poem, I’m not going to in any way gloss over what we’ve seen over the past few weeks and, dare I say, the past few years. But what I really aspire to do in the poem is to be able to use my words to envision a way in which our country can still come together and can still heal. It’s doing that in a way that is not erasing or neglecting the harsh truths I think America needs to reconcile with.

2. Melissa Jacobs:

   They just sort of gloss over things to make it seem as if everybody is this wonderful, altruistic person.

3. Carly Fiorina:

   I’ve been very transparent about the fact that I was fired in a boardroom brawl at Hewlett-Packard, it’s not unfair at all to question that. What’s unfair is when people gloss over the facts.

4. Francis Quarles:

   Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.

5. Alex French:

   We feel fortunate that The Atlantic decided to work with us, and we are grateful that the piece has gone through The Atlantic's thoughtful editorial process, which included another rigorous fact-check and robust legal vetting, singer's response to The Atlantic story wrongfully used' homophobia' to deflect from sexual assault allegations and GLAAD urges the media and the industry at large to not gloss over the fact that survivors of sexual assault should be put first.

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