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单词 flashy
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flashy

The first is that flashy cars cost a fortune to run.It's cheaper than a flashy car.His taste for luxury is exemplified not least in his collection of flashy cars.Each night she would sweep up to the club in her flashy car and take him home with her.Did not do anything too flashy.Gradually the panellists changed, becoming less flashy and belligerent and a bit quieter.With a flashy new suitcase, a complimentary upgrade should be well within reach.She's not interested in anything flashy.But they don't seem to care and have already bought a flashy new car.Beautifully packaged and visually dazzling, but the same old wine in a flashy new bottle.You drive through a neighbourhood of large, pricy houses with flashy cars on the drive.What was very strange was that he's owned a string of flashy cars.You don't see anything very flashy at home but there is not a standout horse this year.So when this place came along with its flashy new bathroom and sash windows, we thought it was too good to be true.And the less flashy tablets can be as much as EIGHT times cheaper.What I find more sinister are organisations that suddenly announce flashy new names.One regular said: 'She hung around with a big group of flashy guys.That would do, we didn't want anything flashy.I don't demand anything flashy.Once more it was the forehand, a less flashy stroke than her backhand but a more reliable one, that did the job.She is best known for her love of big, flashy earrings, with many of the pairs worn on screen being sent in by her legion of fans.

In other languages
flashy

British English: flashy ADJECTIVE
If you describe a person or thing as flashy, you mean they are smart and noticeable, but in a rather vulgar way.
He was much less flashy than his brother.
  • American English: flashy
  • Brazilian Portuguese: espalhafatoso
  • Chinese: 华而不实的
  • European Spanish: ostentoso
  • French: tape-à-l'œil
  • German: schrill
  • Italian: vistoso
  • Japanese: 派手な
  • Korean: 번지르르한
  • European Portuguese: espalhafatoso
  • Latin American Spanish: ostentoso

Chinese translation of 'flashy'

flashy

(ˈflæʃɪ) (inf) (pej)

adj

  1. 华(華)丽(麗)而俗气(氣)的 (huálì ér súqì de)
(adjective) 
Definition
showy in a vulgar way
a flashy sports car
Synonyms
showy
They were smart but not showy.
loud
He liked to shock with his earrings and loud clothes.
over the top (informal)
flamboyant
He wears flamboyant clothes.
brash
tacky (informal)
flaunting
glitzy (slang)
tasteless
spectacularly tasteless objets d'art
naff (British, slang)
gaudy
a gaudy orange-and-purple hat
garish
garish purple curtains
jazzy (informal)
a check sports jacket, worn with a plain shirt and jazzy tie
tawdry
tawdry jewellery
ostentatious
the ostentatious lifestyle of the super-rich
snazzy (informal)
snazzy swimsuits
glittery
meretricious
vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs
cheap and nasty
in poor taste
tinselly
bling (slang)
Opposites
natural
,
plain
,
modest
,
low-key
,
understated
,
unaffected
,
downbeat

Additional synonyms

in the sense of flamboyant
He wears flamboyant clothes.
Synonyms
colourful,
striking,
exciting,
brilliant,
glamorous,
stylish,
dazzling,
glitzy (slang),
showy,
florid,
bling (slang),
swashbuckling
in the sense of flaunting
Synonyms
ostentatious,
flamboyant,
pretentious,
brazen,
gaudy,
bling (slang)
in the sense of garish
Definition
crudely bright or colourful
garish purple curtains
Synonyms
gaudy,
bright,
glaring,
vulgar,
brilliant,
flash (informal),
loud,
brash,
tacky (informal),
flashy,
tasteless,
naff (British, slang),
jazzy (informal),
tawdry,
showy,
brassy,
raffish,
brummagem

Nearby words of
flashy

  • flare
  • flare up
  • flash
  • flashy
  • flask
  • flat
  • flat out

Synonyms of 'flashy'

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of gaudy
Definition
vulgarly bright or colourful
a gaudy orange-and-purple hat
Synonyms
garish,
bright,
glaring,
vulgar,
brilliant,
flash (informal),
loud,
brash,
tacky (informal),
flashy,
tasteless,
jazzy (informal),
tawdry,
showy,
gay (old-fashioned),
ostentatious,
raffish (archaic),
brummagem (archaic),
florid
in the sense of jazzy
Definition
colourful and modern
a check sports jacket, worn with a plain shirt and jazzy tie
Synonyms
flashy,
fancy,
snazzy (informal),
gaudy,
wild,
smart,
lively,
bling (slang)
in the sense of loud
Definition
(of colours or patterns) harsh to look at
He liked to shock with his earrings and loud clothes.
Synonyms
garish,
bold,
glaring,
flamboyant,
vulgar,
brash,
tacky (informal),
flashy,
lurid,
tasteless,
naff (British, slang),
gaudy,
tawdry,
showy,
ostentatious,
brassy
in the sense of meretricious
Definition
superficially or garishly attractive but of no real value
vulgar, meretricious and shabby souvenirs
Synonyms
trashy,
flashy,
gaudy,
garish,
tawdry,
showy,
plastic (slang),
tinsel,
gimcrack
in the sense of ostentatious
the ostentatious lifestyle of the super-rich
Synonyms
pretentious,
extravagant,
flamboyant,
flash (informal),
loud,
dashing,
inflated,
conspicuous,
vulgar,
brash,
high-flown,
flashy,
pompous,
flaunted,
flaunting,
grandiose,
crass,
gaudy,
showy,
swanky (informal),
snobbish,
puffed up,
specious,
boastful,
obtrusive,
highfalutin (informal),
arty-farty (informal),
magniloquent,
bling (slang)
in the sense of snazzy
Definition
(esp. of clothes) stylish and flashy
snazzy swimsuits
Synonyms
stylish,
smart,
dashing (old-fashioned),
with it (old-fashioned, informal),
attractive,
sophisticated,
flamboyant,
sporty,
flashy,
jazzy (informal),
showy,
ritzy (slang),
raffish,
schmick (Australian, informal)
in the sense of tasteless
Definition
lacking social or aesthetic taste
spectacularly tasteless objets d'art
Synonyms
gaudy,
cheap,
vulgar,
tacky (informal),
flashy,
naff (British, slang),
garish,
inelegant,
tawdry
in the sense of tawdry
Definition
cheap, showy, and of poor quality
tawdry jewellery
Synonyms
vulgar,
cheap,
tacky (informal),
flashy,
tasteless,
plastic (slang),
glittering,
naff (British, slang),
gaudy,
tatty,
showy,
tinsel,
raffish,
gimcrack,
meretricious,
tinselly,
brummagem,
cheap-jack (informal)
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