flashy

  • 21flashy — adjective (flashier; est) Date: 1593 1. chiefly dialect lacking in substance or flavor ; insipid 2. momentarily dazzling 3. a. superficially attractive or impressive b. ostentatious or showy often beyond the bounds of good taste; especially… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22flashy — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, ablaze, affected, aflame, bedizened, big sounding, blatant, blazing, blinding, brave, bravura, braw, brazen, burning, cheap, chichi, chintzy, convoluted, cosmetic, crude, daring, dashing,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 23flashy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gaudy, showy, garish. See ornament.Ant., plain, dull. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. gaudy, showy, ostentatious; see ornate 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. showy, loud, flamboyant, gaudy,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 24flashy — flash|y [ flæʃi ] adjective 1. ) very fashionable or expensive in a way that is deliberately intended to impress people 2. ) very bright and colorful, usually in a way that looks ugly …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25flashy — flash·y || flæʃɪ adj. ostentatious, showy, tacky, vulgar, cheap …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 26flashy — adjective (flashier, flashiest) ostentatiously stylish. Derivatives flashily adverb flashiness noun …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 27flashy — a. 1. Showy, ostentatious, flaunting, gawdy, tawdry, pretentious, tinsel, glittering but superficial. 2. Insipid, tasteless, mawkish, flat, vapid, stale …

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  • 28flashy — adj 1. sparkling, coruscant, scintillating, glittering; brilliant, magnificent, superb, rich, dazzling, Music. bravura; splendid, splendrous, celebrated, distinguished; admirable, exceptional, laudable, praiseworthy, worthy, remarkable;… …

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  • 29flashy — adjective; informal Syn: ostentatious, flamboyant, showy, conspicuous, extravagant, expensive, vulgar, tasteless, brash, garish, loud, gaudy; informal snazzy, fancy, swanky, flash, glitzy Ant …

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  • 30flashy — /ˈflæʃi / (say flashee) adjective (flashier, flashiest) 1. sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment. 2. pretentiously smart; showy; gaudy. 3. Rare flashing with light. {flash + y1} –flashily, adverb –flashiness,… …