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FLASHY (flashier, flashiest)
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, flashiest Dictionary entry overview: What does flashy mean?
• FLASHY (adjective)
The adjective FLASHY has 2 senses:
1. tastelessly showy
2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Familiarity information: FLASHY used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: flashiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tastelessly showy
Synonyms:
brassy; cheap; flash; flashy; garish; gaudy; gimcrack; loud; meretricious; tacky; tatty; tawdry; trashy
Context example:
tawdry ornaments
Similar:
tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)
Derivation:
flashiness (tasteless showiness)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Synonyms:
flashy; gaudy; jazzy; showy; sporty
Similar:
colorful; colourful (striking in variety and interest)
Derivation:
flash (a gaudy outward display)
flashiness (tasteless showiness)
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