showy
making an imposing display: showy flowers.
pompous; ostentatious; gaudy.
Origin of showy
1synonym study For showy
Other words for showy
Opposites for showy
Other words from showy
- un·show·y, adjective
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How to use showy in a sentence
Likely, there are showier performances to hang a nomination on, but the exclusion of Ron Swanson is just plain wrong.
People are discontented, it would seem, with the White House, and talk of replacing it with a larger and showier edifice.
America To-day, Observations and Reflections | William ArcherLittle children beg to pick it, and babies stretch out their tiny hands to it when showier blossoms are unheeded.
Child Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleIn fall the bush takes on a rich coloring of crimson and gold, and is really much showier then than when in bloom, in spring.
Amateur Gardencraft | Eben E. RexfordIt is much showier than the Wild Cucumber, but its foliage lacks the delicacy which characterizes that plant.
Amateur Gardencraft | Eben E. Rexford
Many have been torn down, yielding their well-chosen sites to newer, showier houses.
The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky | James Lane Allen
British Dictionary definitions for showy
/ (ˈʃəʊɪ) /
gaudy, flashy, or ostentatious
making a brilliant or imposing display
Derived forms of showy
- showily, adverb
- showiness, noun
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