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gleaming
Meaning: shining brightly with a smooth light
gleaming in a sentence
How gleaming is used in real sentences:
The freshly polished trophy was gleaming on the shelf.
The baker arranged the gleaming silver trays beside the oven.
“A gleaming strip of white stone appeared where sunlight crossed the tangled ground.”
— from the passage Secrets Beneath the Vines
Synonyms for gleaming
Other words for gleaming — shining, glossy and radiant — carry the same meaning.
- shining
- glossy
- radiant
Antonyms of gleaming
Words that mean the opposite of gleaming:
- dull
- tarnished
Where it comes from
From Old English glæm 'brightness'
Memory hook
Gleaming things glow with a clean beam of light.