Her eyes were shining with joy.
Source: tatoeba (6149)
Shining
//ˈʃaɪnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "shining" (149 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
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4 entriesTranslations
92 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- λαμπρός adj (emitting light)
- ἀγλαός adj (emitting light)
Arabic
1 entries- لميع adj (emitting light)
Armenian
4 entries- պայծառ adj (emitting light)
- փայլուն adj (reflecting light)
- փայլուն adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- փայլուն adj (having exceptional merit)
Bulgarian
4 entries- блестя́щ adj (reflecting light)
- блестя́щ adj (having exceptional merit)
- лъ́скав adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- све́тещ adj (emitting light)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بریقەدار adj (reflecting light)
- پەخش adj (having exceptional merit)
Finnish
4 entries- erinomainen adj (having exceptional merit)
- heijastava adj (reflecting light)
- hohtava adj (emitting light)
- hohtava adj (reflecting light)
French
4 entries- brillant adj (emitting light)
- célèbre adj (having exceptional merit)
- fameux adj (having exceptional merit)
- illustre adj (having exceptional merit)
Galician
1 entries- brillante adj (emitting light)
Georgian
4 entries- ბრწყინვალე adj (emitting light)
- ბრწყინვალე adj (reflecting light)
- ბრწყინვალე adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- ბრწყინვალე adj (having exceptional merit)
German
4 entries- brillant adj (having exceptional merit)
- glänzend adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- hervorragend adj (having exceptional merit)
- leuchtend adj (emitting light)
Greek
1 entries- λαμπρός adj (emitting light)
Hindi
3 entries- चमकीला adj (emitting light)
- चमकीला adj (reflecting light)
- चमकीला adj (having a high polish or sheen)
Irish
2 entries- lonrach adj (reflecting light)
- lonrach adj (having a high polish or sheen)
Italian
4 entries- brillante adj (emitting light)
- brillante adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- brillante adj (having exceptional merit)
- lucente adj (emitting light)
Javanese
2 entries- sumunar adj (emitting light)
- sumunar adj (reflecting light)
Latin
3 entries- lūcidus adj (emitting light)
- nitidus adj (emitting light)
- radians adj (emitting light)
Malayalam
2 entries- തിളങ്ങുന്ന adj (emitting light)
- തിളങ്ങുന്ന adj (having exceptional merit)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- ایشق adj (emitting light)
- نورانی adj (emitting light)
Romanian
4 entries- ilustru adj (having exceptional merit)
- lucios adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- reflector adj (reflecting light)
- reputat adj (having exceptional merit)
Russian
4 entries- блестя́щий adj (reflecting light)
- блестя́щий adj (having exceptional merit)
- сверка́ющий adj (having a high polish or sheen)
- светя́щий adj (emitting light)
Sanskrit
2 entries- उज्ज्वल adj (emitting light)
- चन्द्र adj (emitting light)
Spanish
4 entries- brillante adj (emitting light)
- célebre adj (having exceptional merit)
- espléndido adj (having exceptional merit)
- famoso adj (having exceptional merit)
Tocharian B
1 entries- lakᵤtse adj (emitting light)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ся́ючий adj (emitting light)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- wūl–lū–djin adj (emitting light)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The sun is shining in the sky.
Source: tatoeba (18313)
Many stars were shining in the heavens.
Source: tatoeba (18328)
The roof is shining in the sun.
Source: tatoeba (25573)
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