showiness

/'ʃouinis/

Thân thiện

He wore a bright suit with a sense of showiness to the party.

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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. extravagant elaborateness
   • he wrote with great flamboyance

Từ đồng nghĩa

• flamboyance
• floridness
• floridity