Antonyms for shining
ˈʃaɪ nɪŋshin·ing

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1. shining

   Light, strictly denoting a form of radiant energy, is used as a general term for any luminous effect discernible by the eye, from the faintest phosphorescence to the blaze of the noonday sun. A flame is both hot and luminous; if it contains few solid particles it will yield little light, tho it may afford intense heat, as in the case of a hydrogen-flame. A blaze is an extensive, brilliant flame. A flare is a wavering flame or blaze; a flash is a light that appears and disappears in an instant; as, a flash of lightning; the flash of gunpowder. The glare and glow are steady, the glare painfully bright, the glow subdued; as, the glare of torches; the glow of dying embers. Shine and shining refer to a steady or continuous emission of light; sheen is a faint shining, usually by reflection. Glimmer, glitter, and shimmer denote wavering light. We speak of the glimmer of distant lamps through the mist; of the shimmer of waves in sunlight or moonlight. A gleam is not wavering, but transient or intermittent; a sudden gleam of light came through the half-open door; a glitter is a hard light; as, the glitter of burnished arms. A sparkle is a sudden light, as of sparks thrown out; scintillation is the more exact and scientific term for the actual emission of sparks, also the figurative term for what suggests such emission; as, scintillations of wit or of genius. Twinkle and twinkling are used of the intermittent light of the fixed stars. Glistening is a shining as from a wet surface. Illumination is a wide-spread, brilliant light, as when all the windows of a house or of a street are lighted. The light of incandescence is intense and white like that from metal at a white heat.

   Antonyms:
   blackness, dark, darkness, dimness, dusk, gloom, gloominess, obscurity, shade, shadow

   Synonyms:
   blaze, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glare, gleam, gleaming, glimmer, glistening, glistering, glitter, glow, illumination, incandescence, light, luster, scintillation, sheen, shimmer, shine, sparkle, twinkle, twinkling

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1. shining, polishingadjective

   the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

   "the shining of shoes provided a meager living"; "every Sunday he gave his car a good polishing"

   Antonyms:
   inferior, dull, unpolished

   Synonyms:
   polishing

2. shiningadjective

   marked by exceptional merit

   "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example"

   Antonyms:
   unpolished, inferior, dull

   Synonyms:
   burnished, glistening, glossy, bright, lustrous, shiny

3. bright, burnished, lustrous, shining, shinyadjective

   made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

   "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"

   Antonyms:
   dull, inferior, unpolished

   Synonyms:
   smart, hopeful, vivid, promising, glistening, shiny, undimmed, bright, glossy, glazed, brilliant, lustrous, burnished

4. glistening, glossy, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shiningadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unpolished, inferior, dull

   Synonyms:
   glistening, showy, calendered, glazed, shiny, bright, glossy, burnished, lustrous

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1. shiningadjective

   Synonyms:
   radiant, beaming, lustrous, luminous, glowing, brilliant, lucent, bright, sleek, glazed, glistening, splendent, resplendent, glossy, shiny, conspicuous, noticeable

How to use shining in a sentence?

1. Hanna Allen:

   He had the light shining on me so he could get us in the picture, so I couldn't see anything, so then he just pops up out of nowhere and is down on one knee asking me to marry him.

2. Steve Palazzo:

   Alan was not only a fantastic legislator, but a trusted colleague, friend, and shining example of the Mississippi values that we all hold near and dear to our hearts, my prayers go out to Alan's wife Tori, his family, and the staff that he always treated like family. He will be missed greatly.

3. The FAA:

   Shining a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime.

4. Ken Peters:

   We arebringing attention to the fact that they are killing life for money, thats what they dont like. Thats what theyre suing us for. We are shining a light for the Lord and on their sin and thats what they hate us.

5. Percy Bysshe Shelley:

   Commerce has set the mark of selfishness, the signet of its all-enslaving power, upon a shining ore, and called it gold: before whose image bow the vulgar great, the vainly rich, the miserable proud, the mob of peasants, nobles, priests, and kings, and with blind feelings reverence the power that grinds them to the dust of misery.

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