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1 showy
adjective (giving an impression of value by a bright and striking outward appearance: His clothes are too showy for my liking.) fastuos -
2 garish
['ɡeəriʃ](unpleasantly bright or showy: His shirts are very garish.) ţipător- garishly- garishness -
3 loud
1) (making a great sound; not quiet: a loud voice; loud music.) tare, puternic2) (showy; too bright and harsh: loud colours; a loud shirt.) strident, ţipător•- loudly- loudness
- loud-hailer
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4 show
[ʃəu] 1. past tense - showed; verb1) (to allow or cause to be seen: Show me your new dress; Please show your membership card when you come to the club; His work is showing signs of improvement.) a arăta2) (to be able to be seen: The tear in your dress hardly shows; a faint light showing through the curtains.) a se vedea3) (to offer or display, or to be offered or displayed, for the public to look at: Which picture is showing at the cinema?; They are showing a new film; His paintings are being shown at the art gallery.) a (se) juca; a rula; a expune4) (to point out or point to: He showed me the road to take; Show me the man you saw yesterday.) a indica5) ((often with (a)round) to guide or conduct: Please show this lady to the door; They showed him (a)round (the factory).) a conduce6) (to demonstrate to: Will you show me how to do it?; He showed me a clever trick.) a demonstra7) (to prove: That just shows / goes to show how stupid he is.) a dovedi8) (to give or offer (someone) kindness etc: He showed him no mercy.) a acorda2. noun1) (an entertainment, public exhibition, performance etc: a horse-show; a flower show; the new show at the theatre; a TV show.) expoziţie, spectacol2) (a display or act of showing: a show of strength.) demonstraţie3) (an act of pretending to be, do etc (something): He made a show of working, but he wasn't really concentrating.) demonstraţie4) (appearance, impression: They just did it for show, in order to make themselves seem more important than they are.) aparenţă5) (an effort or attempt: He put up a good show in the chess competition.) (a face) figură frumoasă•- showy- showiness
- show-business
- showcase
- showdown
- showground
- show-jumping
- showman
- showroom
- give the show away
- good show!
- on show
- show off
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5 strike an attitude/pose
(to place oneself in a particular usually rather showy pose.)
См. также в других словарях:
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
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showy — [[t]ʃo͟ʊi[/t]] showier, showiest ADJ GRADED Something that is showy is very noticeable because it is large, colourful, or bright. Since he was color blind, he favored large, showy flowers... They were smart but not showy. Syn: gaudy … English dictionary
