Flashy - English meaning

adjective

(of a person, action, or idea) showing a willingness to take risks; confident and courageous.

Usage examples:

A bold attempt to solve the crisis

noun

A bold typeface or letter.

Usage examples:

Shadow cabinet members listed in bold

adjective

Brave, or without fear

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He is a qualified politician with bold ideas., she was friendly without being bold., the costumes w…

adjective

Self-assertive in a rude, noisy, or overbearing way.

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He was brash, cocky, and arrogant

noun

Loose broken rock or ice.

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Brash ice

adjective

Having a lot of energy and the confidence to succeed, and not having much respect for others or worrying about their feelings

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His lawyer was brash, arrogant, and egocentric, but he usually won his cases., a designer known for…

adjective

Clearly visible.

Usage examples:

He was very thin, with a conspicuous adam's apple

adjective

Easily noticed; obvious

Usage examples:

He was conspicuous as usual with a big yellow bow tie.

adjective

In a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined.

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Crude oil

noun

Offensively coarse or rude, especially in relation to sexual matters.

Usage examples:

A crude joke

noun

Natural mineral oil.

Usage examples:

The ship was carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude

adjective

Costing a lot of money.

Usage examples:

Keeping a horse is expensive

adjective

Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

Usage examples:

It was rather extravagant to buy both

adjective

More expensive than is necessary or reasonable, or having the characteristics of being expensive

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Company executives enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle., top athletes are showered with extravagant gi…

adjective

Spending or costing a lot of money

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Severe cuts in public spending mean that demands for extravagant pay rises are no longer realistic.…

abbreviation

(in the uk) football association, the governing body of soccer in england.

Usage examples:

The fa premier league

noun

Short for fanny adams (sense 1).

Usage examples:

He knows sweet fa about football

noun

(in tonic sol-fa) the fourth note of a major scale.

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) tending to attract attention because of their exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.

Usage examples:

The band's flamboyant lead singer

noun

A madagascan tree with bright red flowers and leaves composed of numerous leaflets, planted as a street tree in the tropics.

Usage examples:

They're over now and it seems to be the turn of exotics; bauhinias are out and flamboyants will be …

adjective

Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.

Usage examples:

Garish shirts in all sorts of colours

adjective

Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.

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Silver bows and gaudy ribbons

noun

A celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members.

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Administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year

adjective

Having too many bright colors

Usage examples:

He was wearing a gaudy hawaiian shirt.

adjective

Producing or capable of producing much noise.

Usage examples:

They were kept awake by loud music

adverb

With a great deal of volume.

Usage examples:

They shouted as loud as they could

adjective

Having or producing a large amount of sound

Usage examples:

A loud noise, would you speak a little louder, please?, "what does she want now?" he asked loudly.,…

adjective

Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect.

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Lurid food colourings

adjective

Shocking because involving violence or sex

Usage examples:

She told me all the lurid details of her divorce.

adjective

Particularly good, skilful, or effective.

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Nifty footwork

adjective

Good, pleasing, or effective

Usage examples:

What a nifty little gadget – you can use it for all kinds of things.

adjective

Noticeable or prominent in an unwelcome or intrusive way.

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A large and obtrusive works where ammonia is produced

adjective

Noticeable in a way that is unpleasant or unwanted

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The soldiers wore civilian clothes to make their presence less obtrusive.

adjective

Characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress.

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A simple design that is glamorous without being ostentatious

adjective

Intended to attract admiration or notice

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Ostentatious jewelry, ostentatious gestures, she waved her hand about, ostentatiously displaying he…

adjective

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Pretentious art films

adjective

Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

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Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

adjective

Having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious.

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Showy flowers

adjective

Stylish and attractive.

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Snazzy little silk dresses

adjective

Modern and stylish in a way that attracts attention

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Snazzy computer graphics

adjective

Lacking flavour.

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The vegetables were watery and tasteless

adjective

Showing such bad judgment as to be offensive

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They received hundreds of complaints after he told a tasteless joke on tv., the soup was watery and…

adjective

Showy but cheap and of poor quality.

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Tawdry jewellery

noun

Cheap and gaudy finery.

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I had seen him in procession with his golden crook, preceded by the priests of his diocese, dressed…

adjective

Showy, cheap, and of poor quality

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Tawdry jewelry/furnishings

adjective

(especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality.

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Trashy novels and formulaic movies

adjective

Worthless, or of low quality

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Trashy romance novels

adjective

Lacking sophistication or good taste.

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A vulgar check suit