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/flamˈbɔɪ.ənt/ · adjective
Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious..
1920, Frederic Taber Cooper, The Craftsmanship of Writing, Chapter VI: The Question of Clearness, But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; […] .
When we see some of the monstrous and flamboyant blossoms that enrich the equatorial woods, we do not feel that they are conflagrations of nature; silent explosions of her frightful energy. We simply find it hard to believe that they are not wax flowers grown under a glass case.
The unbelievers will say they are but words, but a slogan, but a flamboyant phrase.
Health of flamboyant media tycoon who led three Italian governments had deteriorated in recent years[.]
S. Pierre is a flamboyant church, the details passing into Renaissance.
The second is a chapel of two storeys, the lower dating from 1150, while the upper was rebuilt in the 15th century, and there is a rich Flamboyant entrance with a stairway (1533).
The nave and central tower, more flamboyant in design, were finished early in the sixteenth century after the original plan.
Ancient swords were frequently “flamboyant,” or with waved edges; more especially those used for purposes of state. The Dukes of Burgundy bore a two-handed sword of this form. Indeed, “flaming swords,” as they were called, were worn down to the times of our Charles II., and perhaps later.
Use flamboyant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Flamboyant means Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious..
Common synonyms include sassy, operatic, serpentine, aureate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1920, Frederic Taber Cooper, The Craftsmanship of Writing, Chapter VI: The Question of Clearness, But a scorn of flamboyant neckties and checkerboard trousers is no excuse for going to the opposite extreme of a blue flannel shirt and overalls; […] .
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