Showy

Show′y

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Adj.

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Compar

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Showier

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superl

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Showiest

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Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.

A present of everything that was rich and

showy

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Addison.

Syn. – Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent; grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous.

Showy

SHOWY

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Adj.

1. Splendid; gay; gaudy; making a great show; fine.

2. Ostentatious.

showy

English

Adjective

showy ‎(comparative showier, superlative showiest)

(sometimes derogatory) calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye

Synonyms

Wikisaurus:gaudy

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Derived terms

showiness

Translations

for show

Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華 (zh), 浮华 (zh) ‎(fúhuá, fúhua)
Finnish: näyttävä (fi), pramea (fi)
French: tape-à-l’œil (fr)
German: protzig, auffällig (de), schreiend (de), grell (de)
Irish: éagsúil, taibhseach
Japanese: 派手な ‎(はでな, hade na), けばけばしい (ja) ‎(kebakebashii)

Polish: na pokaz (pl)
Portuguese: mirabolante (pt)
Russian: я́ркий (ru) ‎(járkij) (bright), эффе́ктный (ru) ‎(efféktnyj), впечатля́ющий (ru) ‎(vpečatljájuščij), безвку́сный (ru) ‎(bezvkúsnyj) (tasteless), пёстрый (ru) ‎(pjóstryj) (motley), крича́щий (ru) ‎(kričáščij), показно́й (ru) ‎(pokaznój), на пока́з ‎(na pokáz), напы́щенный (ru) ‎(napýščennyj)
Spanish: ostentoso (es), jactancioso (es)
Tagalog: mapagyabang, hambog (tl)

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