Flashy

Quick meaning: Flashy is an adjective meaning Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.

Meaning

Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.

More Meanings

1. (of a river) Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood).
2. (dated, poetic) Flashing; producing flashes.
3. (archaic) Drunk; tipsy.

Example Sentences

a flashy light

The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.

[…] the accustomed warmth pierced his marrow, and ran thrilling through his shaken bones; just as when at times, with forked thunder burst, a chinky stream of fire in flashy lightning shoots athwart the skies.

Flow criteria were used for classification […] The criteria chosen were […] (4) the rate of change of flow with time (logged serial correlation coefficients are 0.2 in flashy rivers, but up to 0.98 in stable ones); and (5) the velocity associated with average daily flows (this varies from 1.03 m/s in flashy rivers to 0.08 m/s in lowland ones).

Word Forms

• flashier
• flashiest

Synonyms for flashy

Depending on context, synonyms include glossy, prominent, brash, pizazzy, attention-grabbing, conspicuous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include showy, gaudy, garish, sporty, meretricious, gimcrack.

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