VITRESCIBLE Synonyms

• resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness

• (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

• (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• dispassionate

• resisting weight or pressure

• produced without vibration of the vocal cords

• (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

• with effort or force or vigor

• with firmness

• earnestly or intently

• causing great damage or hardship

• slowly and with difficulty

• indulging excessively

• into a solid condition

• very near or close in space or time

• with pain or distress or bitterness

• to the full extent possible; all the way

• very strong or vigorous

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• dried out

• allowing light to pass through diffusely

• transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

• so thin as to transmit light

• free of deceit

• easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

• of or relating to or constituting the vitreous humor of the eye

• relating to or resembling or derived from or containing glass

• (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it