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flashy

[ flash-ee ]

adjective

, flash·i·er, flash·i·est.
  1. sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment:

    a flashy performance.

  2. ostentatiously or vulgarly smart; showy; gaudy:

    flashy clothes.



flashy

/ ˈflæʃɪ /

adjective

  1. brilliant and dazzling, esp for a short time or in a superficial way
  2. cheap and ostentatious
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈflashily, adverb
  • ˈflashiness, noun
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Other Words From

  • flashi·ly adverb
  • flashi·ness noun
  • un·flashy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of flashy1

First recorded in 1575–85; flash + -y 1
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Synonym Study

See gaudy 1.
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Example Sentences

They look sharp without being flashy, and their optics are fantastic on top of not having to worry about fogging them up on an aerobic powder day.

Now that the pandemic has stripped away the flashy parts of dating, singles “only have the communication and the connection to really base a relationship on,” McCann says.

Heupel, whose teams are known for their flashy offenses, went 28-8 in three seasons at Central Florida, with a 12-1 record and Fiesta Bowl berth in his first season as Frost’s replacement.

The General Motors flying pod conceptOne of the flashiest concepts to come out CES this year is a vision of a one-seater flying taxi from GM and Cadillac.

Now a household name, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is designing, perhaps unsurprisingly, the biggest and flashiest lunar lander.

Hilbert was a flashy man who helicoptered five miles daily over corn fields to and from the office.

The flashy businessman who sold her implants, meanwhile, lived a life of luxury.

She's slim, blond and healthy-beautiful, but makes no attempt to be flashy.

The flashy release was emblematic of everything people love—and hate—about the band.

Hugh Jackman has been Wolverine in the movies and the flashy Boy From Oz on stage.

Lily aped the manners of girls who had long since graduated from school and were flashy in their dress and manners.

She was red-haired by courtesy of the local beauty parlor, cuddling up in a flashy little leopard fur number.

Good Heavens, was that uncouth figure the voluble, buoyant, flashy magnate of the old days?

His clothes were flashy, and he "sported" several large diamonds.

Tchartkóff was apt to indulge in the flashy and the superficial.

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