sheen

About 0.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Beautiful, good-looking, attractive, fair; bright, radiant; shiny.
2. adjective Clear, pure, clean; noble, illustrious; innocent, chaste.
3. noun Splendor; radiance; shininess.
4. noun A thin layer of a substance (such as oil) spread on a solid or liquid surface.

   oil sheen

5. verb To shine; to glisten.
6. noun The letter ش in the Arabic script.

Similar words

shininess luster lustre brilliant brightness gloss glow bright glossy leakage

Often followed by

of and on to in that is was as

Word family

sheened sheenier sheeniest sheening sheens sheeny