Glassy

  • 11glassy — glass|y [ glæsi ] adjective 1. ) smooth and shiny like glass: The water was green and glassy. 2. ) showing no interest or emotion, for example because of illness or drugs: a glassy stare …

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  • 12glassy — adjective 1 smooth and shining, like glass: the glassy green waters of the Hudson River 2 glassy eyes/stare eyes that show no feeling or understanding, and do not move …

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  • 13glassy — adjective 1) the glassy surface of the lake Syn: smooth, mirrorlike, gleaming, shiny, glossy, polished, vitreous; slippery, icy; clear, transparent, translucent; calm, still, flat Ant …

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  • 14glassy — eye·glassy; glassy; …

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  • 15glassy — glass•y [[t]ˈglæs i, ˈglɑ si[/t]] adj. glass•i•er, glass•i•est 1) resembling glass, as in transparency or smoothness 2) expressionless; dull: glassy eyes; a glassy stare[/ex] 3) of the nature of glass; vitreous • Etymology: 1350–1400 glass′i•ly,… …

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  • 16glassy — adj. & n. adj. (glassier, glassiest) 1 of or resembling glass, esp. in smoothness. 2 (of the eye, the expression, etc.) abstracted; dull; fixed (fixed her with a glassy stare). n. (also glassie) Austral. a glass marble. Phrases and idioms: the… …

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  • 17glassy — adjective (glassier; est) Date: 14th century 1. resembling or made of glass 2. having little animation ; dull, lifeless < glassy eyes > • glassily adverb • glassiness noun …

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  • 18glassy — adjective a) Of or like glass, in particular smooth and (somewhat) reflective. Glassy eyes suggest a broken spirit b) Dull, expressionless …

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  • 19glassy — adj. Glassy is used with these nouns: ↑eye, ↑surface …

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  • 20glassy — adj 1. vitreous, vitric, vitriform, crystal, crystalline, glasslike; clear, crystal clear, transparent, transpicuous, lucid, limpid, pellucid, translucent, diaphanous; mirrorlike, reflective, reflecting, glossy, shiny, shining, gleaming,&#8230; …

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