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Definition: Shining |
ShiningAdjective1. Marked by exceptional merit; "had shining virtues and few faults"; "a shining example". 2. Emitting or radiating light; "the shining sun"; "gazed up at the shining heavens". 3. Made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents". 4. Abounding with sunlight; "a bright sunny day"; "one shining norming"- John Muir; "when it is warm and shiny". 5. Reflecting an inner radiance; "with shining eyes". 6. Reflecting light; "glistening bodies of swimmers"; "the horse's glossy coat"; "lustrous auburn hair"; "saw the moon like a shiny dime on a deep blue velvet carpet"; "shining white enamel". Noun1. The work of making something shine by polishing it; "the shining of shoes provided a meager living". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shining" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Mining | As applied to the degree of luster of minerals, means those that producean image by reflection, but not one well-defined, as celestite. (references) |
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Synonyms: ShiningSynonyms: bright (adj), burnished (adj), glistening (adj), glossy (adj), lustrous (adj), sheeny (adj), shiny (adj), sunny (adj), sunshiny (adj), polishing (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Activity | Look sharp; have all one's eyes about one; (vigilance); rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity; lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste; do one's best take pains; (exert oneself); do wonders, work wonders. |
Beauty | Brilliant, shining; beamy, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek. |
Combatant | Irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere; franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk; vietminh, vietcong; shining path; contras; huk, hukbalahap. |
Sage | Authority, oracle, luminary, shining light, esprit fort, magnus Apollo, Solon, Solomon, Nestor, Magi, "second Daniel." |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Shining |
| Specialty definitions using "shining": Burial, Buttons ♦ Clouds, Cupboard ♦ Daisy, delivery-room clerk, Devil's Candle, Diffuse Sky Radiation, Diomedean Swop, Direct Normal Irradiance, Docks ♦ Evening ♦ Grapes, Grave ♦ hill shading, Holywell Street ♦ INAUSPICIOUSLY, Integrated Collector/Storage Solar Systems ♦ lavatory attendant ♦ package clerk ♦ rance marble, receiving-room clerk, regalia, REST ROOM ATTENDANT, ROOM-SERVICE CLERK ♦ Scattered Radiation, Shimshai, SHOE DYER, shoe tinter, Silverside of Beef, Sky Radiation, Snow, Solar Collector, Stagnation Temperature, Stars, Sun ♦ toilet attendant ♦ washroom attendant, Wedding Ring. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "shining": Stilpnomelane. (references) |
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Screenplays | You're my knight in shining armor (On Golden Pond; writing credit: Ernest Thompson.) What kind of knight in shining armor would I be if the man I love needs rescuing and I just let him walk out my door (What Women Want; writing credit: Josh Goldsmith; Cathy Yuspa) I'm a big, bright shining star (Boogie Nights; writing credit: Paul Thomas Anderson.) Once upon a time, in a far away land, a young prince lived in a shining castle (Beauty and the Beast; writing credit: Roger Allers; Kelly Asbury) I want to see my face shining in it by morning (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman) | |
Lyrics | This ring will help me yet as will you knight in shining armor (Precious Illusions; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) Shining like the Alabama moon (Birmingham; performing artist: Amanda Marshall) Oh I see it shining (When I See You Smile; performing artist: Bad English) And we come shining through those lonely years (I Made It Through The Rain; performing artist: Barry Manilow) They see a bright new shining star, (Mary's Boy Child/Oh My Lord; performing artist: Boney M) | |
Clever | A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain. (references; author: Mark Twain) Never fear shadows; they simply mean there's a light shining somewhere nearby. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | Susan shineth shoes and socks; socks and shoes shines Susan. She ceased shining shoes and socks, for shoes and socks shock Susan. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Shining Victory (1941) The Shining Hour (1938) Our Shining Moment (1991) Shining Time Station (1990) | |
Song Titles | SHINING STAR (performing artist: Wind & Fire Earth) Sun Is Shining, The (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) WHEN THE LOVELIGHT STARTS SHINING THRU (performing artist: Supremes ) Shining Star (performing artist: The Manhattens) | |
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 | Front row, center: Shining among nine other advanced pear selections now getting their mettle tested at several U.S. locations, Potomac was released in May 1993. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Keith Weller.. |  | The sun shining on the grass with the Spanish Peaks in the background. Credit: Merv Coleman. |
 | Sun shining through the dark smoke coming from the fire. Credit: Terry Tuttle. |  | Moon shining over Chimney Rock. Credit: Steve Lent. |
 | Life size buffalo with bright sun light shining around it in the gallery at the NHOTIC. Credit: Unknown. |  | Wagon hitched to a not so shining star. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Sunlit morning 1" by Shelly Blake Commentary: "The photos didn't do justice to what I saw out my window this morning...but I just loved how the sun was shining down through the trees!." | "Green Tree" by Typofabrik.de Commentary: "A tree photographed at night with a neon light shining and giving a green touch to the scene. Made with a Lomo." |
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(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal | Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior. |
Buddha | Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear. |
Charles Dickens | With affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other. |
Homer | Many shining actions owe their success to chance, though the general or statesman runs away with the applause. |
Oscar Wilde | Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts. |
Sappho | The stars about the lovely moon hide their shining forms when it lights up the earth at its fullest. |
Thomas Otway | Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em. |
William Hazlitt | One shining quality lends a luster to another, or hides some glaring defect. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Opportunity is here now, clear and shining for both our countries. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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After Three Days | Carroll, Lewis | Thus, as a sunless deep Mirrors the shining heights that crown the bay, So did my soul create anew in sleep The picture seen by day. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The light of the fire which was shining upon her, made her bones stand out and rendered her thinness fearfully visible |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The devil, once a shining angel, a son of the morning, now a foul fiend, came in the shape of a serpent, the subtlest of all the beasts of the field |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The red sun set and left a shining twilight on the land, so that faces were bright in the evening and eyes shone in reflection of the sky. |
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Economic History | Cote D'ivoire | Real GDP grew seven percent per year in the four years following the devaluation, making Côte d'Ivoire one of Africa's shining success stories. (references) |
Peru | The Sendero Luminoso (SL, known as Shining Path in English) and the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorist groups have specifically targeted foreign companies as well as large local companies, but there have been no attacks on international businesses in over three years. (references) | |
Switzerland | During 2000 the best performers in terms of earnings and sales were information technology, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals/chemicals and these sectors are likely to be the shining stars of the Swiss economy for at least the next few years (though telecoms has been affected by the global downturn in this industry during 2001). The closely tracked watch industry (which is 95 percent dependent on exports and has captured 50 percent of the world market) had a banner year in 2000, thanks to Switzerland's hold on the lucrative high-end segment and the perennial popularity of the low-end, but hugely popular "Swatch" line. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bolivia | The police suspect the involvement of citizens, as well as Peruvians who have received training from Shining Path terrorists. (references) |
Bolivia | Following the attack, there were claims of responsibility from callers claiming to be Shining Path terrorists and from a previously unknown indigenous organization calling itself The Group for Better Days for Bolivia. (references) | |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | Common activities include fishing, street peddling, shoe shining, raising livestock, and harvesting sugarcane, manioc, tobacco, cotton, coffee, citrus fruits, and a variety of other crops. (references) |
Worker Rights | Indonesia | It is estimated that more children work in the informal sector than the formal sector, selling newspapers, shining shoes, helping to park or watch cars, and otherwise earning money. (references) |
Ecuador | In urban areas, many children under 12 years of age work in family-owned "businesses" in the informal sector, shining shoes, collecting and recycling garbage, or as street peddlers. (references) | |
Afghanistan | Children from the age of 6 often worked to help support their families by herding animals in rural areas and by collecting paper and firewood, shining shoes, begging, or collecting scrap metal among street debris in the cities. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | REGALIA, n. Distinguishing insignia, jewels and costume of such ancient and honorable orders as Knights of Adam; Visionaries of Detectable Bosh; the Ancient Order of Modern Troglodytes; the League of Holy Humbug; the Golden Phalanx of Phalangers; the Genteel Society of Expurgated Hoodlums; the Mystic Alliances of Georgeous Regalians; Knights and Ladies of the Yellow Dog; the Oriental Order of Sons of the West; the Blatherhood of Insufferable Stuff; Warriors of the Long Bow; Guardians of the Great Horn Spoon; the Band of Brutes; the Impenitent Order of Wife-Beaters; the Sublime Legion of Flamboyant Conspicuants; Worshipers at the Electroplated Shrine; Shining Inaccessibles; Fee-Faw-Fummers of the inimitable Grip; Jannissaries of the Broad-Blown Peacock; Plumed Increscencies of the Magic Temple; the Grand Cabal of Able-Bodied Sedentarians; Associated Deities of the Butter Trade; the Garden of Galoots; the Affectionate Fraternity of Men Similarly Warted; the Flashing Astonishers; Ladies of Horror; Cooperative Association for Breaking into the Spotlight; Dukes of Eden; Disciples Militant of the Hidden Faith; Knights-Champions of the Domestic Dog; the Holy Gregarians; the Resolute Optimists; the Ancient Sodality of Inhospitable Hogs; Associated Sovereigns of Mendacity; Dukes-Guardian of the Mystic Cess-Pool; the Society for Prevention of Prevalence; Kings of Drink; Polite Federation of Gents-Consequential; the Mysterious Order of the Undecipherable Scroll; Uniformed Rank of Lousy Cats; Monarchs of Worth and Hunger; Sons of the South Star; Prelates of the Tub-and-Sword. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Shining" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 75.45% of the time. "Shining" is used about 830 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 75.45% | 626 | 10,355 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 20.22% | 168 | 24,050 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.61% | 30 | 63,341 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.72% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 830 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "shining". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Marcellus | N/A | Ancient Roman | Shining |
| Abednego | N/A | Biblical | Shining |
| Laban | N/A | Biblical | Shining |
| Marcus | N/A | Biblical | Shining |
| Mark | N/A | Biblical | Shining |
| Phebe | N/A | Biblical | Shining |
| Tryphosa | N/A | Biblical | Thrice shining |
| Zina | N/A | Biblical | Shining |
| Marcia | N/A | English | Shining |
| Mark | N/A | English | Shining |
| Mark | N/A | Russian | Shining |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "shining": shining clubmoss ♦ shining example ♦ shining light ♦ shining like gold ♦ shining sumac ♦ shining willow ♦ the sun is shining. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "shining": shining-eyed, shining-star. | |
Ending with "shining": a-shining, brightly-shining, Clear-shining, ebony-shining, grease-shining, long-shining, shoe-shining. | |
Containing "shining": knight-in-shining-armour. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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| Language | Translations for "shining"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | me shkëlqim (brightly, glaringly, glossy, lustrous, richly, shiny, sleek), lustrosje (polishing), lustrim (burnish, glazing, polishing, varnishing), llamburitës (flaming, illuminant, radiant), i ndritshëm (alert, bright, brilliant, flaming, light, lucid, sheeny, shiny, splendent, starry), flakë (blaze, blazing, burst, flame), farfuritje. (various references) | |
Arabic | متلألئ (dazzling, gleamy, glistening, glittering, radiant, shimmering, sparkling), متألق (aglitter, bright, brilliant, effulgent, glorious, luminescent, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sparkling, staring), مضىء (illuminating, luminous, radiant), مشع (beaming, beamy, bright, irradiant, radiant, radiating), مشرق (agleam, beaming, beamy, bright, brilliant, clear, luminous, radiant, shiny, splendid, vivid), لمعان (brightness, burnish, flash, glisten, glitter, gloss, glossiness, luminosity, luster, radiance, refulgence, sheen, shine), لامع (blazing, bright, brilliant, burnished, dazzling, flamboyant, flashing, glazed, gleaming, glimmering, glistering, glittering, glossed, glossy, golden, high, lambent, lucid, lustrous, outstanding, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheen, shiny, showy, sleek, slick, sparkle, sparkling, star, staring), ساطع (bright, dazzling, effulgent, glaring, incandescent, splendid, spotless), زاه (bright, flashily, gay, glad, glaring, radiant, vivid), شهير (celebrated, distinguished, famed, great, illustrious, lustrous, note, noted, prominent, public, renowned), براق (brilliant, flaming, glossy, incandescent, lustrous, meretricious, opalescent, prismatic, radiant, sheeny, shiny, specular, tawdriness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | сияещ (fulgent, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, sheeny), блестящ (agleam, bright, brilliant, flaring, fulgent, garish, gay, glistening, imperial, lambent, lucent, lucid, luminous, lustrous, oriental, pyrotechnic, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, sparkling, splendent, splendid, splendiferous, superb, vivid). (various references) | |
Chinese | 彪炳 (splendid), 发光 (Glowed, Glowing, Radiance, Shined, shiny, Shone). (various references) | |
Czech | lesklý (bright, glassy, gleaming, glossal, glossy, polished, resplendent, shiny, tawdry), blýskavý (flashy). (various references) | |
Danish | maskeparakit (masked shining parrot), glinsende vandaks (shining pondweed). (various references) | |
Dutch | maskerparkiet (masked shining parrot), glanzig fonteinkruid (shining pondweed). (various references) | |
Finnish | loistava (bright, brilliant, glorious brilliant, magnificent, splendid). (various references) | |
French | resplendissant, reluisant (shabby), rayonnant (shiny), lumineux, luisant (sheen, shiny), brillant (sheen, shine, shiny, shone), étincelant, éclatant (showy). (various references) | |
German | scheinend (seeming), blanke. (various references) | |
Greek | που λάμπει, λάμψη (brightness, coruscation, eclat, effulgence, flare, flash, glare, glint, glisten, glitter, glow, limelight, luster, lustre, radiance, radiancy, refulgence, resplendence, resplendency, shine, shininess, splendor, splendour, twinkle), λαμπρόσ (bright, brilliant, glorious, gorgeous, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, splendid). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבריק (brilliant, glossy, glowing, lustrous, shiny, sparkling, spick and span, vivid, whizz), מצוין (capital, distinguished, eminent, excellent, fine, outstanding, ripping, spanking, splendid, sterling, superb, surpassing, swell), קורן (irradiant, radiant, radiator), זריחה (glowing, incandescence, luminosity, sunrise, sunshine), הזדהרות, הזרחה (effulgence), בריק (gleaming, lustrous), צהירה (culmination). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ragyogó (agleam, beamy, blazing, bodacious, bright, brilliant, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, fulgent, glaring, glistening, glittering, glorious, glowing, gorgeous, incandescent, irradiant, light, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lurid, lustrous, polished, radiant, resplendent, royal, sheeny, shiny, splendid, starry, sunny, top-hole), fénylő (coruscating, glistening, glittering, luminous, lustrous, resplendent, shiny), csillogó (coruscating, glimmering, glistening, glittering, light, lustrous, orient, resplendent, shiny, spangly, starry). (various references) | |
Indonesian | gemilang (bright, brilliant, glittering, overwhelming, sparkling), gemerlapan (gleaming), gemerlap (gleaming), cermin (mirror). (various references) | |
Italian | splendente (ablaze, beaming, bright, spick and span, sunny), rilucente (bright), lustro (glory, gloss, glossy, luster, lustre, lustrous, moist, prestige, sheen, shine, shiny), lucido (bright, brightness, glossy, lucid, luster, lustre, polished, sheen, shine, shoe polish, sleek, tracing), lucente (agleam, lucent, shiny), fulgido (refulgent), fulgente (bright, effulgent, fulgent, lucent, luminous), brillante (bright, brilliant, diamond, refulgent, refulgently, scintilating, shiny, slick, smart, snappy, splendit, starry). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 映射 (reflecting), 光輝有る (brilliant, glorious, splendid), 光照 , シフト演算機構 (chaconne, chanson, chassis, chemise, Chevrolet, crisp, dish, good time to take a picture, hat, look sharp!, precise, propelling or mechanical pencil, shaggy carpet, shaman, shamanism, shark skin, sharp, sharpener, sherbet, Sherlockian, shift arithmetic unit, shirring, shuffle, shuffling, shut, shutdown, shutout, shutter, shy, Siberia, simoon, simulate, simulation, simulator, vehicle with body lowered). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | こうきある (brilliant, glorious, splendid), こうしょう (a bite, advanced, announcing publicly, arsenal, artisan, authentication, conferring of an award, connection, discussions, fancy, fashion, high, investigation, licensed prostitution, loud laughter, loud or high-pitched voice, mechanic, negotiations, noble, notarization, occupational injury, oral tradition, ore deposit, passing on by word of mouth, public name, recitation, refined, registered prostitute, school badge, spring of yellow buds, taste, Welfare Minister), シャイニング , えいしゃ (a swimmer, barracks, projection, reflecting). (various references) | |
Korean | 빛남 (Beaming, Brightening, Gleaming, Glittering, Radiance, Raying). (various references) | |
Manx | sollys (bright, brilliant, clear, lamp, light, resplendent, shiny, transparent), goulragh (beaming, radiate), gial (bright, clear, fulgent, light-coloured, snowy, white). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | iningshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | reluzente (polished, sheeny, shiny, sparkling, spick and span, splendent), radiante (auroral, effulgent, lucid, overjoyed, radiant), notável (considerable, conspicuous, curious, distinguish, distinguished, extraordinary, interesting, notable, noted, noteworthy, noticeable, observable, pre-eminent, quaint, remarkable, salient, singular, striking, telling, uncommon), ilustre (honorable, honourable, illustrate, illustrious, notable, outstanding), extraordinário (amazing, exquisite, extra, extraordinary, formidable, king-size, miraculous, particular, phenomenal, prodigious, rare, remarkable, sensational, singular, special, sublime, surpassing, transcendent, tremendous, uncommon, unusual, unwonted), cintilante (agleam, brisk, flaring, flashy, lambent, shiny, sparkling), brilhante (ablaze, agleam, brilliant, champion, clear, diamond, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, fulgent, gay, glaring, glowing, lambent, light, lucent, lucid, luculent, luminous, lustrous, orient, resplendent, sheeny, shiny, sparkling, splendent, starry, top-hole, vivid). (various references) | |
Romanian | strãlucitor (ablaze, bright, brilliant, effulgent, flaming, flash, flashing, flashy, fresh, fulgent, gorgeous, irradiant, luminous, luminously, radiant, refulgent, relucent, resplendent, shiny, splendid, starry, vivid), sclipitor (bright, brilliant, brilliantly, flaming, flashy, fulgent, gleaming), lucitor (bright, expressive, flaming, lustrous, sparkling), lucire (brightness, gloss, radiance, radiancy). (various references) | |
Russian | сияющий (aglitter, auroral, fulgent, radiant, refulgent, sheeny), сиять сияние сияющий, блестящий (brilliant, glistening, glittery, glitzy, glossy, lambent, luminous, resplendent, sheeny, shiny, sparkly, splendent, splendorous). (various references) | |
Scottish | dealrach (bright, radiant), dèarrsadh (effulgence, gleaming, radiance). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | sjajan (beaming, bright, brilliant, effulgent, fulgent, glace, glittering, glossal, glossy, gorgeous, luminous, lustrous, polished, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, shiny, spanking, splendent, splendid, splendiferous), blistav (agleam, fulgent, glaring, glistening, glittering, luminous, resplendent, shiny, sparkling, splendent). (various references) | |
Spanish | brillante (agleam, alight, bright, brilliant, dashing, diamond, flashing, gay, glaring, glazy, glistening, glossy, glowing, high, lurid, quicksilver, radiant, reflective, scintillant, scintillating, sheeny, shiny, sparkling, starry, twinkling). (various references) | |
Swedish | lysande (bright, brilliant, glorious, glowing, illustrious, lambent, lucid, luminous, pageant, vibrant). (various references) | |
Turkish | parlayan (aglow, ardent, fiery, lambent, sparkling), parlama (deflagrate, deflagration, explosion, flare, flare up, flash, glaze, irradiance, sparkle, sparkling), parlak (aglow, ardent, bright, brightly, brilliant, clear, dazzling, effulgent, flamboyant, flaming, flaring, flashily, flashy, fulgent, fulgurant, glace, glittering, glossy, glowing, gorgeous, illuminant, incandescent, irradiant, jazzy, lambent, live, lively, loud, lucent, luminescent, luminous, lustrous, meteoric, oriental, polished, pyrotechnic, pyrotechnical, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sheeny, shiny, sleek, sparkling, splendent, splendid, star, staring, starry, sunny, vivid), olağanüstü (above the ordinary, breathtaking, classical, dreamy, exceeding, exceptional, extra, extraordinary, extreme, fantastic, fantastical, glorious, huge, incredible, marvellous, marvelous, miraculous, necromantic, out of this world, paramount, phenomenal, portentous, preternatural, prodigious, rare, raving, remarkable, smashing, special, spectacular, splendid, sublime, supernatural, supernormal, terrific, unearthly), ışıltılı (ablaze, agleam, bright), ışıltı (blaze, blink, flash, glint, light, twinkle), ışıldayan (aglimmer, beamy, luminescent, scintillant), ışıldama (luminescence, scintillation), ışıl ışıl (ablaze, agleam, alight, ardent, brightly, brilliant, brilliantly, flaring, fresh, fulgurant, glaring, glaringly, glittering, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, resplendent, sparkling, sparklingly, starry), ışık saçan (beaming, effulgent, luminiferous, radiant). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яalpyldawuk (brilliant, sparkling). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сяючий (alight, auroral, beaming, beamy, coruscating, fulgent, irradiant, radiant, refulgent, sheeny, splendid), видатний (big time, conspicuous, egregious, eminent, extant, laureate, leading, notable, noted, only, outstanding, pre eminent, prominent, remarkable, signal, stellar, transcendent, walloping), блискучий (brilliant, coruscating, crackajack, crackerjack, crackling, glossy, incandescent, lambent, luminous, lustrous, nitid, oriental, polished, quicksilver, radiant, resplendent, sensational, showy, signal, sparkling, splendent, splendid). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sáng (bright, luminous, shiny), xuất sắc (capital, capitally, classy, clinking, crack, distinguished, egregious, excellent, jim-dandy, noble, prime, top-notch), lỗi lạc (brilliant, grand, prominent), chói lọi (aureate, dazzling, flamboyant, luminous, lustrous, refulgent, resplendent, vivid). (various references) | |
Welsh | claer (bright, clear). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | candens, candidus, inlustrem, inlustris, lucida, lucidissimum, lucidius, lucidum, lucidus, luminosus, micans, nitidiores, nitidius, Potamogeton lucens L., Prosopeia personata, rutilus. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | bâmîm, hvanvañtem, raocah, raoxshnem, suxrãm, xshôithnîm, xshaêtahe. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | beorht, goldbeorht. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | blanc. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 9 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai idou aggeloV kuriou epesth autoiV kai doxa kuriou perielamyen autouV kai efobhqhsan fobon megan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ecce angelus Domini stetit iuxta illos et claritas Dei circumfulsit illos et timuerunt timore magno |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | þa stod drihtnes engel wiþ hig and godes beorhtnes him ymbelscean: and hi him mycelum ege adredon. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And lo! the aungel of the Lord stood bisidis hem, and the cleernesse of God schinede aboute hem; and thei dredden with greet drede. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And loo: the angell of ye lorde stode harde by the and the brightnes of ye lorde shone rounde aboute them and they were soare afrayed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were in great fear. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And an angel of the Lord came to them, and the glory of the Lord was shining round about them: and fear came on them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 2, Verse 9 |
| Cebuano | Ug mitungha kanila ang usa ka manolunda sa Ginoo, ug ang himaya sa Ginoo misidlak libut kanila, ug sila giabut ug dakung kalisang. |
| Chinese | 有 主 的 使 者 站 在 他 們 旁 邊 、 主 的 榮 光 四 面 照 著 他 們 ． 牧 羊 的 人 就 甚 懼 怕 。 |
| Croatian | Anðeo im Gospodnji pristupi i slava ih Gospodnja obasja! Silno se prestrašiše. |
| Danish | Og se, en Herrens Engel stod for dem, og Herrens Herlighed skinnede om dem, og de frygtede såre |
| Dutch | En ziet, een engel des Heeren stond bij hen, en de heerlijkheid des Heeren omscheen hen, en zij vreesden met grote vreze. |
| Finnish | Niin heidän edessään seisoi Herran enkeli, ja Herran kirkkaus loisti heidän ympärillään, ja he peljästyivät suuresti. |
| French | Et voici, un ange du Seigneur leur apparut, et la gloire du Seigneur resplendit autour d`eux. Ils furent saisis d`une grande frayeur. |
| German | Und siehe, des HERRN Engel trat zu ihnen, und die Klarheit des HERRN leuchtete um sie; und sie fürchteten sich sehr. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè sa a, yon zanj Bondye parèt devan yo, bèl limyè Bondye a klere tout kote yo te ye a. Yo te pè anpil. |
| Hungarian | És ímé az Úrnak angyala hozzájok jöve, és az Úrnak dicsõsége körülvevé õket: és nagy félelemmel megfélemlének. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tiba-tiba malaikat Tuhan menampakkan diri kepada mereka, dan cahaya terang dari Tuhan bersinar menerangi mereka, dan mereka sangat ketakutan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tiba-tiba terdirilah seorang malaekat Tuhan di sisinya, dan kemuliaan Tuhan pun bercahaya sekeliling mereka itu; lalu sangatlah takut sekaliannya. |
| Manx Gaelic | As cur-my-ner haink ainle y Chiarn neose orroo, as ren gloyr y Chiarn soilshean mygeayrt-y-moo; as v'ad fo aggle feer atchimagh. |
| Maori | Na tu ana tetahi anahera a te Ariki i o ratou taha, a whiti ana te kororia o te Ariki ki a ratou a tawhio noa; a nui whakaharahara to ratou wehi. |
| Norwegian | Og se, en Herrens engel stod for dem, og Herrens herlighet lyste om dem, og de blev meget forferdet. |
| Rumanian | Wi iatq cq un knger al Domnului s`a knfqyiwat knaintea lor, wi slava Domnului a strqlucit kmprejurul lor. Ei s`au knfricowat foarte tare. |
| Russian | чДТХЗ РТЕДУФБМ ЙН бОЗЕМ зПУРПДЕОШ, Й УМБЧБ зПУРПДОС ПУЙСМБ ЙИ; Й ХВПСМЙУШ УФТБИПН ЧЕМЙЛЙН. |
| Shuar | Túmainiai nayaimpinmaya suntar murikiun Wáinin matsatainian wantintiukmiayi. Tura Yúsnumia Tsáapnin ni matsatainiamunam etsantramiayi. Túrunamtai murikiun Wáinniuka ti ashamkarmiayi. |
| Swahili | Malaika wa Bwana akawatokea ghafla, na utukufu wa Bwana ukawaangazia pande zote. Wakaogopa sana. |
| Swedish | Då stod en Herrens ängel framför dem, och Herrens härlighet kringstrålade dem; och de blevo mycket förskräckta. |
| Uma | muu-mule' mehupa' -mi hadua mala'eka Pue' mpohirua' -raka, pai' kabaraka' Pue' mehini mpohinii-ra, alaa-na me'eka' lia-ramo. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "shining": outshining, reshining. (additional references) | |
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"Shining" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: hinin, schining, sheenin, Shenkin, shiming, Shinano, shindin, shiping, shitin, Shonjin, shonning, shuning, skining, spining, Zhejiang. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shining" (pronounced shī"ning) |
| 4 | -ī" n i ng | aligning, assigning, brining, combining, confining, declining, defining, designing, dining, divining, fining, lining, mining, opining, pining, realigning, reassigning, reclining, redefining, redesigning, refining, resigning, signing, twining, Vining, whining, wining. |
| 3 | -n i ng | apportioning, abstaining, abandoning, adjoining, adjourning, ascertaining, attaining, auctioning, auditioning, awakening, awning, ballooning, banning, bargaining, battening, beckoning, beginning, bemoaning, binning, blackening, bludgeoning, boning, branning, brightening, broadening, Browning, burdening, burgeoning, burning, campaigning, caning, Canning, captioning, careening, cartooning, cautioning, chaining, championing, chaperoning, cheapening, christening, churning, cleaning, cloning, clowning, coarsening, cocooning, coining, commissioning, complaining, concerning, conditioning, condoning, conning, constraining, containing, convening, Corning, couponing, crooning, crowning, cunning, cushioning, dampening, darkening, dawning, deadening, deafening, decommissioning, deepening, demeaning, Denning, detaining, determining, Dinning, discerning, disciplining, disdaining, disheartening, disillusioning, donning, Downing, draining, droning, drowning, Dunning, Durning, earning, enjoining, enlightening, entertaining, envisioning, evening, examining, explaining, fanning, fashioning, fastening, fattening, fawning, feigning, finning, flattening, freshening, frightening, frowning, functioning, gaining, gardening, ginning, glistening, governing, greening, grinning, groaning, gunning, happening, hardening, hastening, headlining, heartening, heightening, honing, Horning, housecleaning, imagining, imprisoning, impugning, inning, intertwining, intervening, intoning, ironing, jawboning, jettisoning, joining, Kenning, leaning, learning, leavening, lengthening, lessening, lightening, lightning, likening, listening, loaning, loosening, machining, maddening, maintaining, malfunctioning, Manning, margining, meaning, mentioning, midmorning, moaning, morning, motioning, mourning, obtaining, opening, ordaining, orphaning, outlining, overrunning, overtraining, overturning, owning, panning, pardoning, partitioning, penning, pertaining, petitioning, phoning, pinning, planning, poisoning, positioning, postponing, preening, preplanning, provisioning, pruning, quarantining, questioning, quickening, raining, rationing, reasoning, reawakening, reckoning, reconditioning, redlining, reexamining, refraining, regaining, reigning, reining, rejoining, relearning, remaining, reopening, repositioning, rerunning, restraining, retaining, retraining, returning, rezoning, ripening, ruining, running, saddening, sanctioning, scanning, screening, seasoning, sectioning, sharpening, shortening, shunning, sickening, sinning, siphoning, slackening, softening, spanning, spawning, spinning, spurning, staining, stationing, stiffening, stoning, straightening, straining, streamlining, strengthening, stunning, summoning, sunning, sustaining, sweetening, swooning, tanning, telephoning, thickening, thinning, threatening, tightening, toning, toughening, training, tuning, turning, underlining, undermining, underpinning, unquestioning, unreasoning, vacationing, waning, warning, weakening, weaning, whitening, widening, winning, worsening, yawning, yearning, zoning. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-h-i-i-n-n-s" | |
-2 letters: nighs. | |
-3 letters: ghis, gins, hins, hisn, inns, nigh, nisi, shin, sigh, sign, sing, sinh. | |
-4 letters: ghi, gin, hin, his, inn, ins, sin. | |
-5 letters: hi, in, is, sh, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-h-i-i-n-n-s" | |
+1 letter: shinning, shrining. | |
+2 letters: banishing, finishing, inmeshing, minishing, monishing, punishing, reshining, shingling, shinnying, shrinking, siphoning, snitching, thinkings, unwishing, vanishing. | |
+3 letters: anguishing, burnishing, cushioning, englishing, enshrining, evanishing, fashioning, furnishing, garnishing, humanising, inholdings, inshrining, insphering, inswathing, lightnings, nourishing, outshining, planishing, plenishing, shinneying, shunpiking, squinching, stonishing, tarnishing, unshifting, unshipping, unsighting, varnishing, whitenings. | |
+4 letters: admonishing, astonishing, blandishing, bonefishing, brandishing, burnishings, chainsawing, christening, diminishing, dishonoring, enravishing, franchising, furnishings, gunsmithing, harmonising, infightings, insheathing, languishing, mishandling, misthinking, rainwashing, refinishing, reshingling, sandwiching, shanghaiing, shunpikings, sphingosine, thickenings, tinsmithing, unstitching, vanishingly, vanquishing. | |
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