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showy

[ shoh-ee ]

adjective

showier, showiest.
  1. making an imposing display:

    showy flowers.

  2. pompous; ostentatious; gaudy.

    Synonyms: loud

    Antonyms: humble



showy

/ ˈʃəʊɪ /

adjective

  1. gaudy, flashy, or ostentatious
  2. making a brilliant or imposing display
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈshowiness, noun
  • ˈshowily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·showy adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of showy1

First recorded in 1705–15; show + -y 1
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Example Sentences

But it’s when she turns inward that Madison’s performance starts to sing, revealing the great depth behind her character’s hardened exterior without the need for any showy dramatics.

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Talk of drone strikes comes as other, less showy efforts to combat fentanyl have been paused because of the Trump administration’s 90-day freeze on foreign aid.

It is uncomplicated and devoid of showy spectacle.

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Only Anderson’s part with all its hazy contradictions — neither comic nor tragic, neither pathetic nor heroic, neither subtle nor showy — seems, to transcend.

Any more showy displays would have felt like crossing a line.

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