colourfuladjective
UK US colorful uk/ˈkʌl.ə.fəl/us/ˈkʌl.ɚ.fəl/colourful adjective (APPEARANCE)
B1 having bright colours or a lot of different colours:
a colourful painting
colourful costumes
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The qualities of colour
- a riot of colour idiom
- ablaze
- brash
- bright
- colorful
- deep
- depth
- dusky
- flamboyant
- fluorescent
- harsh
- high-visibility
- loud
- muddy
- psychedelic
- pure
- riot
- technicolor
- vivid
- warm
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colourful adjective (INTERESTING)
B2 interesting and exciting:
a colourful character
The town, of course, has a very colourful history/past.
The old city around the cathedral is the most colourful part of town.
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Exciting and interesting
- absorbing
- action-packed
- alley
- arresting
- barnstorming
- glowing
- gnarly
- gripping
- interesting
- interestingly
- meaty
- rip-roaring
- rousing
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scintillating
- sensational
- sensationally
- sex sth up
- showstopper
- whirlwind
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colourfully
adverb US colorfully uk/ˈkʌl.ə.fəl.i/us/ˈkʌl.ɚ.fəl.i/