sheened
Having bright luster
Sheened is the past tense and past participle of the verb sheen, meaning to give a lustrous or glossy surface to something, or to shine with a soft reflected light.
The word appears most often in its adjectival participle form describing surfaces that have acquired or been given a glossy quality: rain-sheened pavement, oil-sheened water.
It suggests a subtle, often attractive luminosity rather than harsh brightness.
Softly bright, reflective
- glossySmooth and shiny
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- glisteningReflecting light softly
glimmering · burnished · polished · satiny · silken · lacquered · varnished · glazed
Without roughness or difficulty
- slickSmooth or craftily adept
- sleekSmooth and elegant
- velvetySoft and smooth-textured
- suppleFlexing without damage
fluid · slippery · frictionless · gliding · streamlined · svelte · silky · unblemished
Reflecting images clearly
- reflectiveCasting back light
- glintingReflecting brief flashes
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
twinkling · glittering · flashing · scintillating · specular · glare · gleam · luster
lustrous
Softly bright, reflective
glistening · glimmering · burnished · polished · satiny · silken · lacquered · varnished · glazed · waxed
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
supple · fluid · slippery · frictionless · gliding · streamlined · svelte · silky · unblemished · even
mirror-like
Reflecting images clearly
- reflectiveCasting back light
- glintingReflecting brief flashes
- sparklingEmitting small bright flashes
shimmering · twinkling · glittering · flashing · scintillating · specular · glare · gleam · luster · coruscating
sheenedmatte
Non-reflective surface finish
dull · flat · lusterless · unpolished · lackluster
- silver sheenPale metallic luster
- Charlie Sheen
- metallic sheenReflective surface quality
- Martin Sheen
- oil sheenThin iridescent petroleum film
- Michael Sheen