Glassy — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; ; - Willa Cather

(used of eyes) lacking liveliness

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɡˈɛɾɛɹ/

🇬🇧British English

/ɡlˈasi/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɡlˈasi/

2 syllables Say it as /ɡˈɛɾɛɹ/.

Examples

the glassy surface of the lake
the pavement was...glassy with water
empty eyes

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

glazed vitreous vitrified

Parts of Speech

adjective	resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; ; - Willa Cather “the glassy surface of the lake”
adjective	(used of eyes) lacking liveliness “empty eyes”
adjective	(of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it “glazed pottery”

Word Forms

glass

noun

a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

glasig

in seiner Glätte, seinem Glanz und seiner Glätte ähnelt es Glas; ; - Willa Cather

🇫🇷French

vitreux

ressemblant au verre en termes de douceur, de brillance et de douceur ; ; -Willa Cather

🇪🇸Spanish

vidrioso

parecido al vidrio en suavidad, brillo y resbaladiza; ; -Willa Cather

🇮🇹Italian

vetroso

somigliante al vetro in levigatezza, lucentezza e scivolosità; ; -Willa Cather

🇳🇱Dutch

glazig

lijkt op glas in gladheid, glans en gladheid; ; - Willa Cather

🇵🇹Portuguese

vítreo

assemelhando-se ao vidro em suavidade, brilho e maciez; ; -Willa Cather

🇷🇺Russian

стеклянный

напоминающее стекло по гладкости, блеску и гладкости; ; - Уилла Катер

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेजान

चिकनाई, चमक और चिकनेपन में कांच जैसा; ; - विला कैथर

🇧🇩Bengali

গ্লাসযুক্ত

মসৃণতা এবং চকচকেতা এবং স্লিকনেসে কাচের মতো; ; - উইলা ক্যাথার

🇮🇳Tamil

கண்ணாடி போன்ற

மென்மையிலும் பளபளப்பிலும் மென்மையிலும் கண்ணாடியைப் போன்றது; ; - வில்லா கேதர்

🇮🇳Telugu

గాజులాంటి

మృదుత్వం మరియు మెరుపు మరియు మృదుత్వంలో గాజును పోలి ఉంటుంది; ; - విల్లా కాథర్

🇮🇳Marathi

काचेच्या

गुळगुळीत आणि चमकदारपणा आणि चपळपणामध्ये काचेसारखे दिसणारे; ; - विला कॅथर

🇮🇳Gujarati

કાચવાળું

સરળતા અને ચમકતા અને ચપળતામાં કાચ જેવું લાગે છે; ; - વિલા કેથર

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗಾಜಿನಂಥ

ಮೃದುತ್ವ ಮತ್ತು ಹೊಳಪು ಮತ್ತು ನುಣುಪಾದತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗಾಜಿನಂತೆ ಹೋಲುತ್ತದೆ; ; - ವಿಲ್ಲಾ ಕ್ಯಾಥರ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഗ്ലാസി

മിനുസവും തിളക്കവും സ്‌ലിക്ക്‌നസ്സും ഗ്ലാസിനോട് സാമ്യമുള്ളതാണ്; ; - വില്ല കാതർ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੱਚ ਵਾਲਾ

ਨਿਰਵਿਘਨਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਚਮਕ ਅਤੇ ਪਤਲੇਪਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੱਚ ਵਰਗਾ; ; - ਵਿਲਾ ਕੈਥਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

شیشے والا

ہمواری اور چمک اور چست پن میں شیشے سے مشابہت؛ ; - ولہ کیتھر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

玻璃状的

光滑度、光泽度和光滑度类似于玻璃； ; - 威拉·凯瑟

🇯🇵Japanese

ガラス状の

滑らかさ、光沢、滑らかさはガラスに似ています。 ; - ウィラ・キャザー

🇰🇷Korean

유리 같은

매끄럽고 빛나고 미끄러운 점에서 유리와 비슷합니다. ; - 윌라 캐더

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thủy tinh

giống như thủy tinh trong độ mịn, độ bóng và độ trơn; ; - Willa Cather

🇹🇭Thai

เหลือบ

มีลักษณะคล้ายแก้วที่มีความเรียบและเป็นมันเงาและมีความมันเงา ; - วิลลา แคเธอร์

🇮🇩Indonesian

seperti kaca

menyerupai kaca dalam kehalusan, kilau, dan kelicinan; ; - Willa Cather

🇵🇭Filipino

malasalamin

kahawig ng salamin sa kinis at ningning at kinis; ; - Willa Cather

🇲🇾Malay

berkaca

menyerupai kaca dalam licin dan kilauan dan licin; ; - Willa Cather

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

زجاجي

يشبه الزجاج في النعومة واللمعان والنعومة؛ ; - ويلا كاثر

🇮🇷Persian

شیشه ای

شبیه شیشه در صافی و براقی و لطافت؛ ; - ویلا کاتر

🇹🇷Turkish

camsı

pürüzsüzlük, parlaklık ve kayganlık bakımından cama benzeyen; ; -Willa Cather

🇮🇱Hebrew

זְגוּגִי

דומה לזכוכית בחלקה ובברק ובחלקלקות; ; - וילה קאתר

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