kaleidoscopic
/kəlʌɪdəˈskɒpɪk
/adjective
1Having complex patterns of colours; multicoloured: kaleidoscopic diamond patterns...
- Look closer: the bow is encrusted with millions of kaleidoscopic jewel anemones.
- The feeling is a little like having just walked into a kaleidoscopic abstract painting.
- A child's revolving lantern projects kaleidoscopic images of brightly colored animals on a bedroom wall.
Synonyms
multicoloured, many-coloured, multicolour, many-hued, variegated, particoloured, varicoloured, prismatic, psychedelic, rainbow, rainbow-like, polychromatic, harlequin, motley, many-splendoured
informal (looking) like an explosion in a paint factory
ever-changing, changeable, shifting, fluid, protean, mutable, variable, varying, inconstant, unstable, fluctuating, mobile, unsteady, unpredictable, ever-moving, chameleon-like, chameleonic, impermanent, indefinite
technical labile
rare changeful
multifaceted, many-faceted, varied, manifold, multifarious;
complex, intricate, complicated, convoluted;
confused, chaotic, muddled, disordered, disorganized, disarranged, jumbled, confusing
1.1Made up of a complex mix of elements; multifaceted: a kaleidoscopic range of topics...
- From the moment the first shots were fired, the internet provided a kaleidoscopic view of events in Mumbai.
- He seems to have borrowed from every influential genre hit of the past decade to fashion a kaleidoscopic existential thriller.
- In the onrushing, kaleidoscopic chaos of our life there is nothing substantial to hold onto.
Derivatives
kaleidoscopically
- Time is treated kaleidoscopically, whether in selective moments, flashbacks or offstage voices from the past.
- Two modestly sized screens extended the format into an elongated rectangle, the line of demarcation heeded as images - doubled, distorted, repeated - slipped rapidly and kaleidoscopically into the seam.
- The score is kaleidoscopically varied; busy but essentially peaceful activity dominates, but there are shattering, cacophonous climaxes that suggest destructive forces at work.