Hypertext Webster Gateway: "showy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Showy \Show"y\, a. [Compar. {Showier}; superl. {Showiest}.]
Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked
appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
A present of everything that was rich and showy.
--Addison.
Syn: Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent;
grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
showy
adj 1: marked by conspicuous display; "a cheap showy rhinestone
bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" [syn: {splashy}]
2: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: {aureate},
{florid}, {flamboyant}]
3: marked by extravagant display
4: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
[syn: {flashy}, {gaudy}, {jazzy}, {sporty}]
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