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showy

adjective

1 showy

Marked by ostentation but often tasteless:
— A cheap showy rhinestone bracelet.

synonyms: flamboyant, splashy.

2 showy

Displaying brilliance and virtuosity.

3 showy

used especially of clothes Marked by conspicuous display.

synonyms: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, sporty.

Roget 882: ostentatious, showy, dashing, pretentious; janty, jaunty; grand, pompous, palatial; high-sounding; turgid etc. (big-sounding) 577; ... show more

Roget 428: colored etc. v.; colorific, tingent, tinctorial; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; ... show more

Roget 847: ornamented, beautified etc. v.; ornate, rich, gilt, begilt, tesselated, festooned; champleve [Fr.], cloisonne, topiary.    smart, ... show more

4 showy

Superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense.

synonym: glossy.

Roget 845: beautiful, beauteous; handsome; gorgeous; pretty; lovely, graceful, elegant, prepossessing; attractive etc. (inviting) 615; delicate, ... show more


Moby thesaurus: Byzantine, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, arabesque, baroque, bedizened, big-sounding, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, conspicuous, convoluted, daring, dashing, declamatory, dressy, elaborate, elevated ... show more.

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