Meaning of SHOWY
| Pronunciation: | | 'showee
|
 WordNet Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | |
- [adj] (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
- [adj] marked by extravagant display
- [adj] elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"
- [adj] marked by conspicuous display; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"
|
| |
| | Websites: | | |
| |
| | Synonyms: | | aureate, colorful, fancy, flamboyant, flashy, florid, gaudy, jazzy, ostentatious, pretentious, splashy, sporty, theatrical |
| |
|
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
| |
| | Definition: | | \Show"y\, a. [Compar. {Showier}; superl. {Showiest}.]
Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked
appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
A present of everything that was rich and showy.
--Addison.
Syn: Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent;
grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous.
|
| |
|
|