sleek

adj., sleek·er, sleek·est.

1. Smooth and lustrous as if polished; glossy: brushed her hair until it was sleek.
2. Well-groomed and neatly tailored.
3. Healthy or well-fed; thriving.
4. Polished or smooth in manner, especially in an unctuous way; slick.

tr.v., sleeked, sleek·ing, sleeks.

1. To make sleek; slick: sleeked his hair with pomade.
2. To gloss over; conceal.

[Variant of SLICK.]

sleekly sleek'ly adv.
sleekness sleek'ness n.

SYNONYMS   sleek, glossy, satiny, silken, silky, slick. These adjectives mean having a smooth gleaming surface: sleek black fur; glossy auburn hair; satiny gardenia petals; silken butterfly wings; silky skin; slick otters.

also sleek over

adjective

1. Smooth and lustrous as if polished: satiny, silken, silky. See smooth/rough.
2. Having slender and graceful lines: streamlined, trim. See beautiful/ugly.
3. Affectedly and self-servingly earnest: fulsome, oily, oleaginous, smarmy, unctuous. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, honest/dishonest.

verb

To give a gleaming luster to, usually through friction: buff¹, burnish, furbish, glaze, gloss, polish, shine. See light/darkness.

phrasal verb - sleek over

To conceal or make light of a fault or offense: explain away, extenuate, gloss over, gloze (over), palliate, whitewash. See show/hide.

adj

Definition: smooth, glossy
Antonyms: dull, raised, rough, ungroomed, unkempt

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IN BRIEF: Shiny and smooth. Also: Having a prosperous look.

The sleek new race car streaked around the racetrack.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - glat, slikket, superelegant, velnæret
v. tr. - glatte, nette
adv. - glat

Nederlands (Dutch)
gestroomlijnd, glanzend, sluik, gepolijst, glad strijken, glanzend maken

Français (French)
adj. - lisse et brillant, au poil lisse et brillant, raffiné, élégant, mince et harmonieux, à l'air cossu
v. tr. - lisser
adv. - élégamment, avec raffinement

Deutsch (German)
adj. - glatt, seidig, wohlgenährt, geschmeidig, geschickt
v. - glätten
adv. - glatt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λείος, στιλπνός, καλοζωισμένος, εξευγενισμένος (σε τρόπους κ.λπ.)
v. - λειαίνω, εξομαλύνω, στρώνω, σενιάρω

Italiano (Italian)
liscio, tirato a lucido, levigare

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - liso, suave, macio, pouco sincero, maneiroso, untuoso
v. - suavizar, amaciar, polir

Русский (Russian)
лоснящийся, глянцевитый, откормленный, холеный, хорошо одетый, льстивый, наводить лоск, разглаживать, прилизывать, ослаблять впечатление (от действия)

Español (Spanish)
adj. - liso, lustroso, bruñido, impecable
v. tr. - pulir, alisar, bruñir
adv. - suavemente, melosamente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - slät, glatt, blank, skinande, glänsande, slätkammad, slät i hullet, fin, elegant, snygg, inställsam, hal, sliskig, väloljad
v. - göra slät, göra glatt, göra blank, glätta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
光滑的, 井然有序的, 茁壮的, 使光滑, 梳拢, 光滑地, 光洁地

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 光滑的, 井然有序的, 茁壯的
v. tr. - 使光滑, 梳攏
adv. - 光滑地, 光潔地

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 매끄러운, 날씬한 스타일의, 비위를 맞추는
v. tr. - 매끄럽게 하다, 쓰다듬다, 속이다
adv. - 매끈하게, 단정하게, 구변 좋게

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - なめらかな, こぎれいな, 光沢のある
v. - なめらかにする, 光沢を出す, ごまかす, 身なりを整える, すべる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صقيل, أملس (فعل) يصقل, يملس‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חלק, מבריק, מטופח, מצוחצח, צבוע‬
v. tr. - ‮החליק, הבריק, צחצח‬
adv. - ‮באופן מבריק‬

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