Standard Lemma guide

glassy

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡlɑːsi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑːsi
  • US: /ˈɡlæsi/
  • rhymes with -æsi
  • CMU ARPABET: G L AE1 S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a resin tabletop with a glassy polish

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or like glass, especially in being smooth and somewhat reflective.

Lacking any chop; smooth and mostly flat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, nautical, sailing, sports, surfing, transport

Examples

  • a fair day on a glassy sea

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Including a lot of glass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Including a lot of glass.

Extensively glazed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • architecture enamored of glass and steel, where glassier meant classier

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Dull; expressionless; lifeless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • the glassy eyes of a person in a trance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A glass marble.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

(used of eyes) lacking liveliness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • empty eyes
  • a glassy stare
  • his eyes were glazed over with boredom

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: glazed

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective satellite

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • glazed pottery
  • glassy porcelain
  • hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vitreous, vitrified

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness- Willa Cather

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the glassy surface of the lake
  • the pavement was...glassy with water

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English glasy, equivalent to glass + -y. Compare Saterland Frisian glääsich (“glassy”), Dutch glazig (“glassy”), German Low German glasig (“glassy”), German glasig (“glassy”).

Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: стъ́клен (stǎ́klen) — of or like glass
  • Bulgarian: стъклови́ден (stǎklovíden) — of or like glass
  • Danish: glasagtig — of or like glass
  • Dutch: glasachtig — of or like glass
  • Dutch: glazig — of or like glass
  • Finnish: lasinen — of or like glass
  • Galician: vidroso — of or like glass
  • Galician: vítreo — of or like glass
  • Hungarian: üveges — of or like glass
  • Hungarian: üveg- — of or like glass
  • Italian: vitreo — of or like glass
  • Italian: vetrato — of or like glass
  • Latin: vitreus — of or like glass
  • Latvian: stiklveida — of or like glass
  • Norwegian Bokmål: glassaktig — of or like glass
  • Norwegian Bokmål: speilblank — of or like glass
  • Polish: szklany — of or like glass
  • Spanish: vidrioso — of or like glass
  • Spanish: vítreo — of or like glass
  • Swedish: glasig — of or like glass
  • Swedish: spegelblank — of or like glass
  • Turkish: camsı — of or like glass
  • Ukrainian: скляни́й (skljanýj) — of or like glass
  • Ukrainian: склоподі́бний (sklopodíbnyj) — of or like glass
  • Ukrainian: склови́дний (sklovýdnyj) — of or like glass
  • Bulgarian: мъ́тен (mǎ́ten) — dull, expressionless
  • Bulgarian: бези́зразен (bezízrazen) — dull, expressionless
  • Dutch: glasachtig — dull, expressionless
  • Dutch: glazig — dull, expressionless
  • Finnish: lasittunut — dull, expressionless
  • Galician: vidroso — dull, expressionless
  • Hungarian: kifejezéstelen — dull, expressionless
  • Italian: vitreo — dull, expressionless
  • Norwegian Bokmål: glassaktig — dull, expressionless
  • Polish: zimny — dull, expressionless
  • Russian: остекленевший (osteklenevšij) — dull, expressionless
  • Spanish: vidrioso — dull, expressionless
  • Swedish: glasartad — dull, expressionless
  • Turkish: donuk — dull, expressionless
  • Turkish: cam gibi — dull, expressionless
  • Ukrainian: скляни́й (skljanýj) — dull, expressionless
  • Ukrainian: оскляні́лий (oskljanílyj) — dull, expressionless