Glassy
['glɑːsɪ] or ['ɡlæsi]
Definition
(adj.) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; 'empty eyes'; 'a glassy stare'; 'his eyes were glazed over with boredom' .
(adj.) (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; 'glazed pottery'; 'glassy porcelain'; 'hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures' .
(adj.) resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; 'the glassy surface of the lake'; 'the pavement was...glassy with water'- Willa Cather .
Typist: Paul--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
(a.) Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy deep.
(a.) Dull; wanting life or fire; lackluster; -- said of the eyes.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Vitreous.[2]. Hyaline, crystal, crystalline.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Vitreous, smooth, polished, glacial, glabrous, brittle, transparent,crystalline, pellucid, limpid, glossy, silken
ANT:Rough, uneven, rugged, pliant, tough, opaque, luteous, muddy, turbid, scabrous
Typist: Robbie
Examples
- But they could not really talk, because of the glassy ravel of women's excited, cold laughter and running voices. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- She gave him one glassy kiss, and four stiff fingers muffled in worsted. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- His eyes stared wide-open, glassy and vacant, at the ceiling. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It said I was changed: my cheeks and lips were sodden white, my eyes were glassy, and my eyelids swollen and purple. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- And all this time she never closed her eyes, or ceased from that glassy, dream-like stare. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- The bright orb slowly rose from behind its cupolas and towers, and shed its penetrating light upon the glassy waters. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This, in a soft, jelly-like state, constitutes size; dried into hard, brittle, glassy cakes, which, before use, must be melted in hot water, it forms the well-known glue of the joiner, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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