glassier

More smooth, reflective

Glassier is the comparative form of glassy, meaning more resembling glass in smoothness, transparency, or reflective quality.

A lake's surface might be glassier at dawn than at dusk.

Eyes can appear glassier when someone is dazed, intoxicated, or emotionally distant: His eyes grew glassier as the medication took hold.

surface

mirror

Reflective viewing surface

sheen · glossy · smooth · lustrous · slick · buffed · lacquered · varnished · gleaming · shiny

translucent

see-through

Allowing vision through

clear · limpid · lucent · diaphanous · vitrified · gemlike · crystal-clear · vacant

gaze

blank

Without marks or content

dazed · staring · lifeless · emotionless · fixed · unblinking · hollow · dead-eyed · distant · stupefied

frozen

icy

Frozen or unfriendly

  • slickSmooth or craftily adept
  • slipperyLacking friction, hard-to-grasp
  • rimedCoated with frost

hoarfrost · frigid · wintry · glacial

Opposites
expressiveness/animation

glassierlivelier

Having increased vitality

brighter · sharper · keener · sparkier · warmer

surface texture/appearance

glassierrougher

More coarse-textured

duller · matter · coarser · grainier · hazier

Family

glassiness, glassiest

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