Meaning

A natural or innate talent or aptitude..

Definitions by Sense

1. A natural or innate talent or aptitude.
2. Distinctive style or elegance.
3. (obsolete) Smell; odor.
4. (obsolete) Olfaction; sense of smell.
5. (transitive) To add flair.

Example Sentences

to have a flair for art

Poirot was an extraordinary looking little man. [...] The neatness of his attire was almost incredible. I believe a speck of dust would have caused him more pain than a bullet wound. Yet this quaint dandified little man who, I was sorry to see, now limped badly, had been in his time one of the most celebrated members of the Belgian police. As a detective, his flair had been extraordinary, and he had achieved triumphs by unravelling some of the most baffling cases of the day.

For all his directorial flair, though, Jones may well be best remembered for creating such characters as Arthur “Two Sheds” Jackson, Cardinal Biggles of the Spanish Inquisition, the Scottish poet Ewan McTeagle and the monstrous musician rodent beater in the mouse organ sketch who hits specially tuned mice with mallets.

The cafard. The cockroach. The French certainly had a flair for labeling their unhappiness. Long ago he had begun to visualize this nagging misery as the insect the word also named.

to dress with flair

Each writer offers a unique flair to readers.

You know what, Stan, if you want me to wear 37 pieces of flair, like your pretty boy over there, Brian, why don't you just make the minimum 37 pieces of flair?

Place your thumb on top of the shank and your bent index finger under the hair and pull the tying thread tight to flair it.

Word Forms

• flairs
• flairing
• flaired

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When Should You Use Flair?

Use flair when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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