FLASHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flashiness mean? 

• FLASHINESS (noun)
  The noun FLASHINESS has 1 sense:

1. tasteless showiness

  Familiarity information: FLASHINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLASHINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tasteless showiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness

Hypernyms ("flashiness" is a kind of...):

tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)

Derivation:

flashy ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)

flashy (tastelessly showy)