flamboyance
/flamˈbɔɪəns
/noun [mass noun]
1The tendency to attract attention because of one’s exuberance, confidence, and stylishness: he had a reputation for flair and flamboyance critics dismiss his flamboyance and excess as indulgent...
- His flamboyance earned him a lengthy profile in <i>The New Yorker</i>.
- For all their nastiness, the characters have an unashamed flamboyance that is hard to resist.
- His music has beauty and flamboyance, a luxuriousness in its sounds.
1.1The quality of being bright, colourful, and very noticeable: the stunning tones give the show a lot of visual flamboyance...
- Industrial design is, by convention, not a discipline given to flamboyance.
- The formal gardens she commissioned exceeded her father's in flamboyance.
- Despite their flamboyance, camellias are quite easy to grow.
Derivatives
flamboyancy
- I think my sense of propriety sometimes dulled the theatrical flamboyancy at which he truly excelled.
- They try hard to depict their stories with a delicate human touch, free from even the slightest flamboyancy.
- He didn't need to descend to such tawdry flamboyancy.
Rhymes
- well-feed
- well-feeding
- well-feigned
- well-fenced
- well-fermented
- well-filed
- well-filled
- well-finished
- well-fitted
- well fitting
- well-fixed
- well-flavored
- well-flavoured
- well-fledged
- well-fleeced
- well-fleshed
- well-fletched
- well-floored
- well-floured
- well-flowered
- well-flowering
- well-forged
- well formed
- well-formedness
- well-formulated