MATTIFYING Antonyms

• a flash of light (especially reflected light)

• an appearance of reflected light

• bright with a steady but subdued shining

• reflecting light

• a magazine printed on good quality paper

• a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper

• based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

• (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers

• reflecting light

• superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• highly enthusiastic

• containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

• smeared or soiled with grease or oil

• softly bright or radiant

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• brilliant

• reflecting light

• containing an unusual amount of grease or oil

• unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech

• coated or covered with oil

• smeared or soiled with grease or oil

• perfected or made shiny and smooth

• showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience

• (of grains especially rice) having the husk or outer layers removed

• (of lumber or stone) to trim and smooth

• radiating or as if radiating light

• having great beauty and splendor

• (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Jew

• reflecting light

• having a shiny surface or coating

• reflecting light

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• a slippery smoothness

• a magazine printed on good quality paper

• a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

• a trowel used to make a surface slick

• made slick by e.g. ice or grease

• superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

• having only superficial plausibility

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• marked by skill in deception

• make slick or smooth

• give a smooth and glossy appearance

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars