showiness

  • 101showy — show|y [ˈʃəui US ˈʃoui] adj something that is showy is very colourful, big, expensive etc, especially in a way that attracts people s attention ▪ an attractive shrub with showy flowers >showily adv >showiness n [U] …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 102glitz — [20] Glitz, a sort of ‘shallow but exciting and fashionable sparkle and showiness’, is a backformation from glitzy, an American slang term fashionable in the early 1980s. This in turn was derived from Yiddish glitz ‘glitter’, which came from… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 103showy — 1712, from SHOW (Cf. show) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Showiness …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 104snazz — n elegance, smart showiness, elan. The noun, most commonly encountered in American speech, is a back formation from the adjective snazzy …

    Contemporary slang

  • 105zazz — n American glamour, showiness ► plenty of zazz ► Give it more zazz …

    Contemporary slang

  • 106exhibitionism — ex·hi bi·tion·ism || ‚eksɪ bɪʃnɪzm n. showiness, flamboyance, tendency to attract attention as a result of one s behavior; compulsive desire to exposing one s genitals to others (Psychiatry) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 107fanciness — n. showiness; imaginativeness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 108flamboyance — flam·boy·ance || flæm bɔɪəns n. showiness, ostentatiousness, flashiness, gaudiness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 109flamboyancy — n. showiness, ostentatiousness, flashiness, gaudiness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 110flash — flæʃ n. beam, gleam, flare; spark; brief news dispatch; outbreak; split second; flash of a camera; showiness v. flare, glare, sparkle; break out, erupt; move quickly; send a telegram; exhibit one s genitals in public (Slang) adj. sudden,… …

    English contemporary dictionary