showiness
/'ʃouinis/
Definition
Noun: 1. The quality of being flashy, gaudy, or ostentatious: The state of attracting attention through being overly bright, elaborate, or extravagant, often in a way that is considered tasteless. 2. Extravagant elaborateness; flamboyance: A style or manner characterized by a bold, confident, and elaborate display.
Examples
- The showiness of her jewelry, with its large gems and bright colors, was impossible to ignore.
- Critics argued that the building's design favored showiness over true architectural elegance.
- He writes with a certain showiness, using many complex words and dramatic phrases.
Advanced Usage
- "The showiness of...": A common construction used to critique the ostentatious quality of something.
- The showiness of the performance distracted from the underlying message of the play.
Variants and Related Words
- Showy (adj): Having a striking appearance or style that attracts attention.
- The bird has showy feathers.
- Showily (adv): In a showy manner.
- She was dressed showily for the party.
Synonyms
- Flamboyance: The tendency to attract attention because of exuberance, confidence, and stylishness.
- Ostentation: Pretentious and vulgar display intended to impress or attract notice.
- Flashiness: The quality of being bright, attractive, but often in a cheap or temporary way.
- Garishness: Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.
Antonyms
- Restraint: Moderation or self-control; the quality of being unpretentious.
- Simplicity: The quality or condition of being plain or uncomplicated.
- Sobriety: The quality of being serious, dignified, and plain in style.
- Understatement: The presentation of something as being smaller or less important than it actually is.
Noun
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extravagant elaborateness
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he wrote with great flamboyance
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