sheen
1 Americannoun
noun
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a gleaming or glistening brightness; lustre
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poetic splendid clothing
adjective
Related Words
See polish.
Other Word Forms
- sheenful adjective
- sheenless adjective
- sheenly adverb
- sheeny adjective
Etymology
Origin of sheen
First recorded before 900; (adjective) Middle English sheene “beautiful, bright, shining,” Old English scēne; cognate with German schön; (verb) Middle English s(c)henen, derivative of the adjective; (noun) derivative of the adjective
Example Sentences
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Overall the score has a bright, likable pop sheen that befits the material.
But one valuable thing Morgan’s history does is scrub the sheen off of Anderson’s accomplishment.
From Los Angeles Times
The film honors maturity and all its weighty deliberations without putting a sheen of sentimentality on the condition.
"The sheen goes off the cloth and it can be a difficult session to play," he said.
From BBC
When he opens it, the violin gleams with the sheen of a freshly split chestnut.
From Los Angeles Times
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