glassy

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Characteristic of or resembling glass.
2. Lifeless; expressionless: "the face changing to a demon's face with a fixed glassy grin" (Katherine Anne Porter).

glassily glass'i·ly adv.
glassiness glass'i·ness n.

adjective

Having a high, radiant sheen: gleaming, glistening, glossy, lustrous, polished, shining, shiny. See light/darkness.

adj

Definition: expressionless (eyes)
Antonyms: expressive, shining, smiling

adj

Definition: polished, smooth
Antonyms: dull, murky, rough, rugged, uneven

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness

Meaning #2: used of eyes lacking liveliness
  Synonym: glazed

Meaning #3: (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it
  Synonyms: vitreous, vitrified

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glasagtig, spejlblank, udtryksløs, blikstille og klart, skarp
n. - glas

Nederlands (Dutch)
glazig, glasachtig, glazen knikker

Français (French)
adj. - vitreux, lisse, verglacé, glissant, calme (les eaux), transparent, glacé, glacial, glacé (avec hostilité)
n. - regard glacial

Deutsch (German)
adj. - gläsern, glasig
n. - glasiges Aussehen, (übertr.) Durchsichtigkeit

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γυάλινος, (μτφ.) απλανής, ανέκφραστος, άψυχος, σαν γυαλί

Italiano (Italian)
vitreo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - vítreo, vidrado (olhar), transparente

Русский (Russian)
зеркальный, прозрачный, тусклый (взгляд), стекловидный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - vítreo, cristalino, vidrioso, liso
n. - bolita (pieza usada para jugar a la bolita)

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - glas-, glatt, spegelblank

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
玻璃质的, 如镜的, 玻璃状的, 玻璃弹珠

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 玻璃質的, 如鏡的, 玻璃狀的
n. - 玻璃彈珠

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 유리 같은[모양의]
n. - 유리질, 거울

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - ガラス状の, どんよりした, なめらかな, うつろな
n. - ビー玉

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زجاجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-הבעה, זגוגי‬
n. - ‮שיש זכוכיתי (אוסטרליה)‬

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