Of dress: elaborate; showy; smart. Hence of a person: smartly or showily dressed (now chiefly in historical contexts).

Of dress, ornament, ceremonial, etc.: Obtrusively or vulgarly bright in colour, showy, gaudy.

Making an obtrusive display; showy, gaudy.

Staring, gaping; showy, gaudy.

figurative. Characterized by or characteristic of taffeta in some way; spec. finely or showily dressed. Obsolete.

Gaudy, ostentatious, showy.

figurative. Highly coloured, highflown; startling, extravagant.

Over-conspicuous, glaring, showy, gaudy; †extravagant, irregular. In later use as transferred from 4.

Too brave; imprudently brave; very brave (frequently in negative constructions). Also: †excessively splendid or showy (obsolete).

Striking or impressive in appearance; ostentatious; (also) displayed or performed for show; = showy, adj. 1.

Of clothing: ostentatious, showy. Obsolete. rare.

Brilliantly fine or gay, highly ornate, showy. Now chiefly in disparaging sense: Excessively or glaringly showy, tastelessly gay or fine.

Striking or impressive in appearance. Later esp.: visually striking in an ostentatious or pretentious way, esp. in being excessively bright, large…

transferred and figurative; in later use often depreciative or contemptuous (cf. sense 2b).

(See quot. 1808.) Also, clever, lively; provoking, teasing, annoying. Scottish.

Of things: Showy, gaudy.

Showy, fine-looking; gaudy, glaring.

Somewhat slangy.

figurative. Profusely adorned as with flowers; elaborately or luxuriantly ornate. Often in somewhat… Of attire, manners, methods of procedure, etc…

Loud, flashy: cf. tiger, n. 7.

Gaudy, showy, smart. Of persons: Dashing, ostentatious, swaggering, ‘swell’. Also Flash Harry: see Harry, n.2 2c.

Gaudy, showy.

Of colours, patterns, dress, manners, etc.: Vulgarly obtrusive, flashy. Opposed to quiet.

Showy, ostentatious.

Ostentatious or showy.

In occasional uses referring to the visible aspect of flame. Flaring, gaudy.

Exhibiting vulgar dash; suggestive of the man who asseverates by jingo!

colloquial. Inferior, second-rate; bad, nasty. Now somewhat rare.

Resembling an orchid, esp. in being exotic, extravagant, or florid.

In loose and transferred use: Florid, floridly decorated.

figurative. With reference to colour, style, etc.: vulgarly obtrusive, flashy, gaudy. Cf. loud, adj. 5.

Showy, gaudy, flashy; spec. of clothes, appearance, etc.

That engages in grandstanding; characterized by attention-seeking; ostentatious, bombastic, showy. Cf. grandstand, v.

U.S. regional. Originally: fashionable, stylish, fancy. In later use: showy, flashy, ostentatious. Now rare.

Stylish, glamorous, classy; ostentatious, gaudy.

colloquial. like a (or the) dog's dinner: (of dress, etc.) ostentatious, flashy, or over-elaborate; (also) in an ostentatiously smart or flashy…

Ostentatiously luxurious or extravagant.

Esp. of art, objects, design, and entertainment: having popular appeal but considered to be vulgar, of low quality, or lacking artistic merit, esp…

Flashy, colourful, vivid; stylish, striking.

Flashy, ostentatious; having pizzazz.