glossy

Meaning

Adj

1. Having a smooth, silk-like, reflective (shiny) surface.
2. (figuratively) Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive.

Noun

1. (British, informal) A glossy magazine.
2. (informal) A glossy photograph.
3. (informal) A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles.

Synonyms

shiny

sleek

polished

smooth

bright

shining

lustrous

slick

burnished

gleaming

shine

slick magazine

brilliant

varnished

glistening

sheeny

glazed

calendered

glassy

radiant

well-polished

showy

lightning

luster

magazine

mild

moist

moisten

polish

🇵🇱

silken

silky

slippery

soft

waxy

clinquant

being blac

fascinatingly elegant

laevis

lucidus

sericious

sleeky

become shiny

said of paper

half-card

smooth and shiny

adorn

baryta coated paper

bald

beautiful

bedew

Translations

brillante

glänzend

brillant

lustroso

parlak

luisant

lucido

lustré

Illustrierte

satinado

glacé

soyeux

glatt

lluent

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡlɒsi/

Etymology

From gloss + -y.