sleeked

Polished to shine

Sleeked is the past tense of sleek, meaning to make smooth or glossy.

Hair might be sleeked back with water or pomade; fur sleeked down by rain.

The word suggests deliberate smoothing toward a polished, streamlined appearance: She sleeked her hair into a tight bun.

glossy

shiny

Reflecting light smoothly

sheen · glazed · satiny · silken · glimmering · reflective · buffed · radiant · sparkling · varnished

smooth

silky

Smooth and lustrous

soft · supple · glabrous · flattened · combed · brushed · groomed · plastered · dampened · oiled

styled

coiffed

Having styled hair

pompadour · parted · brushed · oiled · greased · wetlook · brilliantine · sculpted · smoothed

streamlined

aerodynamic

Minimizing drag through shape

refined · swept-back · sculpted · efficient · flattened · compact · elongated · svelte

Opposites
surface texture

sleekedroughened

Made less smooth

coarsened · textured · bristled · matted · abraded

arrangement/order

sleekedtousled

Disordered, especially hair

mussed · disheveled · ruffled · rumpled · tangled

Phrases
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sleek, sleekly, sleeking, sleekness, sleeker, sleekest

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