showy words

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• showy — showy, pretentious, ostentatious can mean making or presenting an outward display that is by implication greater than what is necessary or justifiable. Showy, the ordinary term, carries less definite implications than the other words. It implies… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• showy — adjective (showier; est) Date: 1709 1. making an attractive show ; striking < a showy orchid > 2. given to or marked by a flashy often tasteless display • showily adverb • showiness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• showy — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine, Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, arabesque, baroque, bedizened, big sounding, brave, bravura, braw, chichi, conspicuous, convoluted, daring, dashing, declamatory, dressy, elaborate, elevated, euphuistic,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names — Contents 1 List of words 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C …   Wikipedia

• gewgaw —    Showy but valueless. Rapidly trifling. One of the many words in English for miscellaneous objects or nondescript junk, which also includes nickknack, trinket, doodad, whatnot, and tchotchke. (pron. GYOO gaw, or GOO gaw) Also see bad art,… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• tchotchke —    Showy but valueless. Rapidly trifling. One of the many words in English for miscellaneous objects or nondescript junk, which also includes knickknack, trinket, doodad, whatnot, and gewgaw Tchotchke originated from the Yiddish tshatshke, and… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• grandiose — grandiosely, adv. grandioseness, grandiosity /gran dee os i tee/, n. /gran dee ohs /, adj. 1. affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words. 2. more complicated or elaborate than necessary; overblown: a grandiose scheme. 3. grand in an… …   Universalium

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• Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …   English dictionary for students

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