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Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.
Richard Jefferies

Meaning of "glossy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GLOSSY

glossy  [ˈɡlɒsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLOSSY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glossy can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GLOSSY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gloss (optics)

Gloss is an optical property of a surface to reflect light in a specular direction. It is one of a number of important parameters that are used to describe the visual appearance of an object. The factors that affect gloss are the refractive index of the material, the angle of incident light and the surface topography. Of the above, the last two components are responsible for the apparent gloss: ▪ Specular reflection – the main component which is the amount of light reflected from a surface in an equal and opposite direction to the angle of light striking it. ▪ Diffuse reflection – the amount of light that is scattered over a range of directions.

Definition of glossy in the English dictionary

The first definition of glossy in the dictionary is smooth and shiny; lustrous. Other definition of glossy is superficially attractive; plausible. Glossy is also lavishly produced on shiny paper and usually with many colour photographs.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLOSSY


bossy
ˈbɒsɪ
drossy
ˈdrɒsɪ
flossy
ˈflɒsɪ
lossy
ˈlɒsɪ
Mossi
ˈmɒsɪ
mossy
ˈmɒsɪ
nonglossy
ˌnɒnˈɡlɒsɪ
Ossi
ˈɒsɪ
posse
ˈpɒsɪ
tossy
ˈtɒsɪ
undrossy
ʌnˈdrɒsɪ
xenoglossy
ˈzenəˌɡlɒsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLOSSY

glossiest
glossily
glossina
glossiness
glossingly
glossist
glossitic
glossitis
glossless
glossodynia
glossographer
glossographical
glossography
glossolalia
glossolalist
glossological
glossologist
glossology
glossopharyngeal nerve
glost

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLOSSY

classy
Debussy
dressy
embassy
fussy
glassy
grassy
gussy
hissy
hussy
kissy
massy
messy
missy
Passy
pussy
sassy
sissy
Tassy
unfussy

Synonyms and antonyms of glossy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GLOSSY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «glossy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of glossy

Translation of «glossy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLOSSY

Find out the translation of glossy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of glossy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glossy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

光滑的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brillante
570 millions of speakers

English

glossy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चमकदार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لامعة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

глянцевый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lustroso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চকচকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brillant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkilat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

glänzend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

光沢のある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

윤이 나는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Glosir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bóng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பளபளப்பான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तकतकीत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parlak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lucente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

błyszczący
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

глянцевий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lucios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γυαλιστερό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blink
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glansig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glanset
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of glossy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOSSY»

The term «glossy» is very widely used and occupies the 12.889 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GLOSSY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «glossy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «glossy» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about glossy

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10 QUOTES WITH «GLOSSY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word glossy.
1
Phil Anselmo
I don't care at all about the mainstream; I don't care about popularity contests; I don't care about who's got the biggest-selling album; and I don't care about glossy production.
2
April Bloomfield
I don't like glossy covers.
3
Jo Brand
In the end, punk inevitably burned itself out and acted as a bridge across which the New Romantics could sashay in their chiffon and glossy hair.
4
Shelley Conn
I think 'Mistresses' is so successful because it's a mixture of intriguing storylines with lots of twists and it is rooted very strongly in reality and it's really glossy.
5
Emma Donoghue
There's no neutral language about travel. Either travel is described in ways that make it sound kind of shallow or just glossy or silly or a way for rich people to spend their time; or else travel is often described in quite derogatory ways, you know, like immigrants swarming across borders, for instance.
6
Frida Giannini
My biggest satisfaction is always when I make something beautiful and well-done that I can see on a real man or woman - not only in the glossy magazines.
7
Raza Jaffrey
Everyone thinks with 'Smash,' because it looks glossy and big, they think they're spending a fortune, and they think it's taking weeks to shoot.
8
Richard Jefferies
Almost every labourer has his Sunday suit, very often really good clothes, sometimes glossy black, with the regulation 'chimney pot'. His unfortunate walk betrays him, dress how he will.
9
Andrea Jung
The game in beauty is changing so much, if your product isn't high tech or can't make a unique performance claim - plump your lips, reduce your lines, look glossy, and stay on for 24 hours - you can't go to market today. I'm not just talking about a $20 lipstick, but a $5 lipstick!
10
Kenneth Koch
Some of the French surrealists at the beginning of the war had come over to New York and they brought out this magazine. It was a big, glossy magazine full of surrealist things.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLOSSY»

Discover the use of glossy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glossy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, and Natural History
Captive glossy snakes (subspecies not reported) maintained by Rossi and Rossi (1995) in Florida invariably mated in May and laid their eggs in mid-June. In August, 57 days on average after deposition, the eggs produced hatchlings ...
John E. Werler, James R. Dixon, 2010
2
Evolutionary Aesthetics
mouthed and licked the two plates, with the glossy plate receiving the largest percentage of mouthing (Fig. 3). Although most children held the plates to mouth them, it was not infrequent to observe toddlers on their hands and knees mouthing ...
Eckart Voland, Karl Grammer, 2003
3
Texas Snakes: A Field Guide
KANSAS GLOSSY SNAKE Arizona elegans elegiins DESCRIPTION The dorsal coloration of this moderately slender serpent is tan, yellowish tan, or pastel pink, with a row of 39 to 69 large, distinct, dark-edged, reddish brown to dark brown ...
James R. Dixon, John E. Werler, 2010
4
PVC Technology
SABS 150-1970 150-1970 BS6746 BS6746 D 2863-1976 BS27S2 BS2782 BS2782 97 98 0-4 40 -30 10 3 x 1014 Glossy 150/155/160/165/170 94 92 0-8 29 -40 15 6 x 1014 Satin 150/155/160/165/170 97 94 0-4 39 -25 8 4 x 1C14 Glossy ...
W. V. Titow, 1984
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Genetics Solutions Manual
Fj are intercrossed: DdRrBb x DdRrBb Locus 1: Dd x Dd = 3A dull (DD and Ddj; ' A glossy (ddj Locus 2; Rr x Rr = % orange (RR and Rr); 'A cream (n) Locus 3: Bb x Bb = 3A 6/fter (BB ami Bb)/ 'A nonbitter (bb) a. Give the phenotypes and their ...
Jung H. Choi, Mark E. McCallum, 2007
6
Glossy Visions: Coverage of LSD in Popular Magazines, 1954--1968
The subjective experience offered by the drug LSD was of intense interest to popular magazines for years before the drug entered widespread recreational use.
Stephen I. Siff, 2008
7
Photo Finish: The Digital Photographer's Guide to Printing, ...
Glossy or Matte? As you decide which paper types are best suited for a particular image, the first issue to consider is the surface type, which is generally categorized as glossy or matte finish. This is an obvious simplification of the wide range of ...
Jon Canfield, Tim Grey, 2006
8
Report
The progenitor, presumably F„ was a glossy black bean found in a row of black Venezuelan. The F2 generation consisted of 1 glossy white, 2 glossy black, and 1 dull black type. The white threw only white in the F3 generation, 5 glossy and 1 ...
‎1912
9
Knowledge...: A Monthly Record of Science
THAT the “Glossy Ibis,” formerly known to the gunners of the Eastern counties as the “ Black Curlew,H was much more abundant in the fens of Norfolk and Cambridgeshire in past years is certain, but whether it was ever a regular breeding ...
‎1905
10
Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers
... Various Various Various Glossy or matt Glossy or matt Glossy or matt Glossy or matt Matt Matt or glossy Matt or glossy ... glossy Matt Matt or glossy Matt or glossy Kofloctor Nature of reflecting surface Glossy Matt Glossy Glossy Matt Shades ...
Frank Fuller Fowle, 1918

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GLOSSY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term glossy is used in the context of the following news items.
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New trails aim to get more people visiting churches
The new trails will feature in new glossy leaflets produced by volunteers and will include Bede's Way - the 12-mile walk between St Peter's in ... «Shields Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Book Reviewing's Grunt Squads
... apologize for their warren of cubicles, the walls entirely bare but for the glossy pages of the upcoming issue tacked up like centerfolds — they ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
3
Opening for Business
One day this spring, as I rode through the city in a taxi, a glossy black BMW raced past, and a policeman at the next intersection gave the driver ... «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
4
Ghosts and Empties
I think of the way water gathers as it slips down an icicle's length, pauses to build its glossy drop, becomes too fat to hang on, plummets down. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»
5
Bart & Fleming: Comic Con, Neutered Male Performances And …
Besson didn't reveal the film's plot, only the world he is building, but there was no glossy Comic-Con choreography in his audacious hunger ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
6
Tronsmart USB Rapid Car Charger TS-CC2PC review
It's no larger than it needs to be, poking out the top of our cigarette lighter port by no more than an inch, and with a glossy black finish that ... «PC Advisor, Jul 15»
7
Experts to mull future of affordable housing in Queenstown
I'm interested in how the high end houses keep trying to out do and each other in glossy magazines." Scott Figenshow, former Queenstown ... «Southland Times, Jul 15»
8
Giants sweep Phillies, enter All-Star break three games over .500
They picked right, and the 2010 Giants team was what the first round of the draft would put in the glossy brochure. That's the best-case scenario ... «McCovey Chronicles, Jul 15»
9
The Ice Fair Cometh -- OC Fair's cool attractions include an ice …
All 88 recipes, printed on 135 glossy pages, come from Orange County locals, most of them amateurs who cook at home. Want something rich? «OCRegister, Jul 15»
10
Earnest “Testament of Youth” not another glossy BBC period piece
Do not mistake “Testament of Youth” as another glossy “Masterpiece Theater” caliber British drama for the “Far From Madding Crowd” crowd. «TheDudekAbides, Jul 15»

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