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

synonyms: flamboyant, splashy.

Displaying brilliance and virtuosity.

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; gairish^†, garish; gaudy, gaudy as a peacock, gaudy as a butterfly, gaudy as a tulip; flaunting, flashing, flaming, glittering; gay etc. (ornate) 847.    splendid, magnificent, sumptuous.    theatrical, dramatic, spectacular; ceremonial, ritual.    solemn, stately, majestic, formal, stiff, ceremonious, punctilious, starched.    dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, decjed out, all decked out, en granite tenue [Fr.], in best bib and tucker, in Sunday best, endimanch_e, chic.    ... show more

Roget 428: colored etc. v.; colorific^†, tingent^†, tinctorial^†; chromatic, prismatic; full-colored, high-colored, deep-colored; doubly-dyed; polychromatic; chromatogenous^†; tingible^†.    bright, vivid, intense, deep; fresh, unfaded^†; rich, gorgeous; gay.    gaudy, florid; gay, garish; rainbow-colored, multihued; showy, flaunting, flashy; raw, crude; glaring, flaring; discordant, inharmonious.    mellow, pastel, harmonious, pearly, sweet, delicate, tender, refined.    ... show more

Roget 847: ornamented, beautified etc. v.; ornate, rich, gilt, begilt^†, tesselated, festooned; champleve [Fr.], cloisonne, topiary.    smart, gay, trickly^†, flowery, glittering; new gilt, new spangled; fine as a Mayday queen, fine as a fivepence^†, fine as a carrot fresh scraped; pranked out, bedight^†, well-groomed.    in full dress etc. (fashion) 852; dressed to kill, dressed to the nines, dressed to advantage; in Sunday best, en grand tenue [Fr.], en grande toilette [Fr.]; in best bib and tucker, endimanche [Fr.].    showy, flashy; gaudy etc. (vulgar) 851; garish, gairish^†; gorgeous.    ornamental, decorative; becoming etc. (accordant) 23.    ... show more

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, dainty, refined; fair, personable, comely, seemly; bonny [Scot.]; good-looking; well-favored, well-made, well-formed, well-proportioned; proper, shapely; symmetrical etc. (regular) 242; harmonious etc. (color) 428; sightly.    fit to be seen, passable, not amiss.    goodly, dapper, tight, jimp^†; gimp; janty^†, jaunty; trig, natty, quaint, trim, tidy, neat, spruce, smart, tricksy^†.    bright, bright eyed; rosy cheeked, cherry cheeked; rosy, ruddy; blooming, in full bloom.    brilliant, shining; beamy^†, beaming; sparkling, splendid, resplendent, dazzling, glowing; glossy, sleek.    rich, superb, magnificent, grand, fine, sublime, showy, specious.    artistic, artistical^†; aesthetic; picturesque, pictorial; fait a peindre [Fr.]; well-composed, well grouped, well varied; curious.    enchanting etc. (pleasure-giving) 829; becoming etc. (accordant) 23; ornamental etc. 847.    undeformed, undefaced, unspotted; spotless etc. (perfect) 650.    ... show more