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glossy adj. 1 shining, shiny, smooth, polished, glazed, lustrous,
burnished, smooth, sleek, waxed, glassy, glistening: Our
magazine is printed on glossy paper. 2 slick, specious, put-on,
artificial, meretricious, contrived, pretended, simulated,
feigned, insincere, pseudo, false, unreal; bogus, counterfeit,
fraudulent, imitation, Colloq phoney or US also phony: It is
only a glossy remake of the original film.
glow n. 1 luminosity, phosphorescence, incandescence, light,
lambency, lustre: The surface of the flying saucer emitted a
faint green glow. 2 light, brightness, gleam, luminousness,
brilliance, radiance, resplendence, splendour, effulgence: The
glow in the east is from a forest fire. 3 flush, blush,
redness, ruddiness, burning, excitement, warmth, fervour,
fervency, enthusiasm, feverishness, thrill, Colloq rush: I can
feel a glow just thinking of you.
--v. 4 shine, radiate, incandesce, phosphoresce, glimmer,
gleam, light up: The numerals on the clock were glowing in the
dark. 5 heat, overheat, burn; ablate: The spaceship began to
glow as it entered the atmosphere. 6 flush, bloom, colour,
blush: As you can see from her complexion, she simply glows
with good health. 7 blush, flush, redden, colour, turn red or
scarlet: My cheeks glowed with embarrassment.
glowing adj. 1 aglow, incandescent, burning, lambent, luminous,
candent; smouldering: I stirred the glowing embers. 2 rich,
warm, vibrant, bright, brilliant: Banners in glowing colours
enlivened the hall. He is in glowing health. 3 laudatory,
complimentary, enthusiastic, eulogistic, rhapsodic, favourable,
encomiastic, panegyrical: The critics described her performance
in glowing terms.
glue n. 1 cement, adhesive, mucilage, gum, paste: You need a
specialist glue to mend a break like that.
--v. 2 cement, paste, stick, affix, fix, seal: Let's glue this
picture into the album.
glum adj. gloomy, sullen, morose, dispirited, woebegone, dismal,
sad, sulky, dour, moody, sour, crestfallen, doleful, down, low,
pessimistic, lugubrious, saturnine: After Irena left, I was