Antonyms for burnish
ˈbɜr nɪʃbur·nish

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1. burnish

   Antonyms:
   scratch, dull, abrade, bedim, cloud, frost, matt

   Synonyms:
   brighten, glaze, polish, gloze, gloss

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1. polish, gloss, glossiness, burnishverb

   the property of being smooth and shiny

   Synonyms:
   culture, semblance, rubric, colour, glossiness, cultivation, gloss, polish, color, finish, refinement, glossary

2. buff, burnish, furbishverb

   polish and make shiny

   "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

   Synonyms:
   furbish, buff, buffet

How to use burnish in a sentence?

1. Duncan Clark:

   Tech entrepreneurs are seeking to burnish their party credentials, gain brownie points.

2. Wendy Whitman Cobb:

   Its the last year of the Trump administration, assuming he wins a second term, thats one way to burnish your legacy.

3. Kim Yong-serk:

   It will help Samsung burnish an image as an innovative company, but it is unlikely to be profitable. I expect Apple to wait say for one year and come up with foldable phones with more features, as they did with the smartwatch.

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