flamboyant
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6.5
- adjective
- /flæmˈbɔɪənt/
:
llamativo
- He wore a flamboyant suit covered in bright colors and patterns to the party.
- flamboyant rhetoric
- a flamboyant lawyer
- a flamboyant display
But he's not that flamboyant, kinda feel untouchable.
- But he's not that flamboyant, kinda feel untouchable.
- Ohh man, you look like a really flamboyant train conductor.
- I love a very flamboyant personality as much as the next girl.
- But this character is very flamboyant and very outward about his drinking.
- We were just acting a little maybe flamboyant, you could say.
- He's very flamboyant, very chipper and cheerful a lot of the time.
- These sleeves are so dramatic, so flamboyant.
- You don't have to cook these big flamboyant meals.
- This guy had Yeezys on and was very, very, very flamboyant.
- It's like, oh, we're all just flamboyant men to you instead of just like, hey, we're having a wedding.
- And then all of a sudden it emerges from the water in like a huge flamboyant way.
Examples
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He's very flamboyant, very chipper and cheerful a lot of the time.
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Instead of the usual flamboyant expensive outfits we see in Commission portraits, hers are pretty simple for a wealthy woman.
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I love a very flamboyant personality as much as the next girl.
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Kelly Robinson, seen here making his typical flamboyant entrance...
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But this character is very flamboyant and very outward about his drinking.
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You'll hear a lot about my client's flamboyant lifestyle.
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His personality was such that one doesn't think of him that way, in contrast to his flamboyant son, the young Henry the Eighth.
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Since this was a festival day, he wore his flamboyant purple toga and his Laurel leaves.
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My guest is the flamboyant and often controversial author, Truman Capote, whose latest book, In Cold Blood, has created an international sensation.
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And of course, our own culture includes flamboyant scat singing that is consummately musical and breathtakingly technical.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
69
4.1
Very bright or showy in a way that attracts attention
13
4.8
A bright, showy look that tries to impress people
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7.7
To show off very expensive things to attract attention
8
3.2
Bright or fancy in a way that draws attention
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4.9
Very bright and showy to get attention but not in good taste
5
9.9
Trying to seem artistic in a showy, overdone way
3
8.6
Being very decorated and showy in style, often with many small details
3
7.4
Showy in a way meant to attract attention
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9.6
Having a very showy, overly decorated style
1
8.7
Showy with expensive clothes and jewelry to get attention
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8.8
Acting to get a lot of attention by showing off in public
Having very fancy, flowery language with many showy words
Too decorated so it looks showy and not natural
Clothing that has ruffles or loose folds that move and look showy
Attractive and stylish in a bold, showy way
Showing off things or yourself to get attention
Very bright or loud in style to attract attention
Bright and a little showy in appearance
Antonyms
Compounds
How Flamboyant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Flamboyant as an adjective comes from the old French flamboyer meaning 'to flame', like the English word flame, so something flamboyant is very showy and attention-grabbing.