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[ shoh-ee ] / ˈʃoʊ i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR showy ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, show·i·er, show·i·est.making an imposing display: showy flowers. pompous; ostentatious; gaudy. Origin of showyFirst recorded in 1705–15; show + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR showySEE SYNONYMS FOR showy ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR showySEE ANTONYMS FOR showy ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for showy2. See gaudy1, grandiose. OTHER WORDS FROM showyun·show·y, adjectiveWords nearby showyshowtime, show to advantage, show trial, show up, show window, showy, showy crab apple, showy orchis, shoyu, shp, shpt. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for showyBut that category is full of showy performances, and George is not the showboating role in that play. A Tony Voter on Bryan Cranston’s Overrated LBJ, Neil Patrick Harris’s Underwhelming Hedwig|Michael Musto|June 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The showy accoutrements of state power have replaced the vestments of resistance. Kosovo's Frightening Example To Syria|David Frum|August 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST The category gives actors the chance to do showy, attention-grabbing work, stepping into ready-made characters. Good Actors, Bad Movies, and the Oscars|Richard Rushfield|November 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST One pollster said a showy pregnancy could just “annoy people.” The Strauss-Kahn Conspiracy Firestorm|Tracy McNicoll|May 19, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And yet, many of her sentences struck me as showy, or straining toward cleverness. Fiction Wrestles With Global Terrorism|Taylor Antrim|February 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST It would doubtless make a showy appearance in a cool greenhouse. Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers|John Wood I'm half afraid that our showy friend has eclipsed him in your eyes, as I own to you he has in mine, clever fellow that he is. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II)|Charles James Lever His ardent Highland nature led him to rejoice in the picturesque and the showy, and he was fond of music and of society. The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce Cavalcades of Persians on showy horses gaily caparisoned dashed past 121 frequently. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2)|Isabella L. Bird Sativus, the old Saffron Crocus, is showy, but is a shy bloomer in most gardens. The Book of Bulbs|Samuel Arnott
British Dictionary definitions for showy
adjective showier or showiestgaudy, flashy, or ostentatious making a brilliant or imposing display Derived forms of showyshowily, adverbshowiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to showygarish, splashy, ostentatious, gaudy, ornate, pretentious, classy, sensational, dashing, flash, glaring, histrionic, jazzy, loud, luxurious, meretricious, opulent, overdone, overwrought, pompous |