1. Reflecting light
   "the horse's glossy coat";
   - glistening, lustrous, sheeny, shiny, shining
    
2. (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and shiny especially by pressing between rollers
   "glossy paper";
   - calendered
    
3. Superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense
   "a glossy TV series";
   - showy
    
4. Based on pretence; deceptively pleasing
   "the glossy and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility";
   - gilded, meretricious, specious
    
5. (of hair or fur) smooth and healthy-looking
   "The horse's coat was glossy after grooming"

1. [informal] A magazine printed on good quality paper
   "The photos in the glossy caught everyone's attention";
   - slick [N. Amer, informal], slick magazine [informal]
    
2. A photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper
   "The magazine featured several glossies of the latest fashion trends"

Derived forms: glossiest, glossies, glossier

See also: attractive, bright, glazed, insincere, shiny

Type of: exposure, mag [informal], magazine, photo, photograph, pic [informal], piccy [informal], picture

Encyclopedia: Glossy