splashy
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈsplæʃi/
- Her dress was adorned with splashy floral prints that made her stand out at the event.
- splashy color
- big splashy
Examples
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He rises from the bench and heads down the path toward the tulips, which make a splashy pink and white show around the edges of a fountain.
Fiction book (1996) -
So, you had to have splashy color and you had to have things that were big and felt important.
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The house, the office, the big, splashy plane.
Blog text (7) -
She was wearing a white blouse with blue splashy flowers on it.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's got a T-rex on it and a splashy Jurassic Park logo.
Fiction book (1993) -
Dressed in the splashy blue, green, and orange shirt, he should have looked ridiculous against the oriental carpet and warmly paneled walls of her expensively furnished office.
Fiction book (1998) -
Harry and Lloyd get out wearing overly trendy ski garb, complete with fur boots, NASA-designed goggles, and splashy fluorescent colors everywhere.
Fiction book (1994) -
The artist created a splashy mural full of bright colors that caught everyone's attention.
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The party featured splashy decorations with bold patterns and vivid colors that livened up the atmosphere.
Synonyms
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4.9
Covered with drops and small patches of liquid like mud or paint
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2.6
A surface marked by drops, patches or bright color
Antonyms
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Etymology
Splashy comes from the word splash, which can mean a bright mark made by a liquid, and the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So something splashy is 'full of bright splashes'—covered in bold patches of color that stand out.