showiness

  • 121sportiness — n. quality of being sporty; quality of resembling a sports car; quality of being designed for use in sports; flashiness, showiness, dapperness …

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  • 122showy — adjective (showier, showiest) strikingly bright, colourful, or ostentatious. Derivatives showily adverb showiness noun …

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  • 123gayety — n. [Written also Gaiety.] 1. Show, showiness, gaudiness, finery, glitter, brilliancy, tinsel, gaudiness, garishness, flashiness. 2. Liveliness, cheerfulness, joyousness, joviality, sprightliness, mirth, blithesomeness, merriment, glee, hilarity,… …

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  • 124loudness — n. 1. Clamor, clamorousness, turbulence, uproar. 2. Ostentation, flashiness, showiness (colloq.) …

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  • 125splendor — n. 1. Lustre, brilliance, brilliancy, brightness, refulgence. 2. Magnificence, pomp, stateliness, show, gorgeousness, pompousness, display, parade, showiness, grandeur, éclat. 3. Eminence, celebrity, fame, glory, brilliancy, grandeur, renown. 4.… …

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  • 126showy — adjective something that is showy is very colourful, big, expensive etc, especially in a way that attracts people s attention: a showy car showily adverb showiness noun (U) …

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  • 127display — 1. noun 1) a display of lights Syn: exhibition, exposition, array, arrangement, presentation, demonstration; spectacle, show, parade, pageant 2) they vied to outdo each other in display Syn: ostentation …

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  • 128ostentation — noun most car buyers are looking for a lot more than ostentation Syn: showiness, show, pretentiousness, vulgarity, conspicuousness, display, flamboyance, gaudiness, brashness, extravagance, ornateness, exhibitionism; informal flashiness, glitz,… …

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