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showy

[ shoh-ee ]

/ ˈʃoʊ i /

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adjective, show·i·er, show·i·est.

making an imposing display: showy flowers.

pompous; ostentatious; gaudy.

Origin of showy

First recorded in 1705–15; show + -y¹

SYNONYMS FOR showy

2 loud. See gaudy¹, grandiose.

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ANTONYMS FOR showy

2 humble.

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OTHER WORDS FROM showy

un·show·y, adjective

Words nearby showy

shown, showpiece, showplace, showroom, showtime, showy, showy crab apple, showy orchis, shoyu, shp, shpt

Example sentences from the Web for showy

But that category is full of showy performances, and George is not the showboating role in that play.

A Tony Voter on Bryan Cranston’s Overrated LBJ, Neil Patrick Harris’s Underwhelming Hedwig |Michael Musto |June 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The showy accoutrements of state power have replaced the vestments of resistance.

Kosovo's Frightening Example To Syria |David Frum |August 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The category gives actors the chance to do showy, attention-grabbing work, stepping into ready-made characters.

Good Actors, Bad Movies, and the Oscars |Richard Rushfield |November 29, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
One pollster said a showy pregnancy could just “annoy people.”

The Strauss-Kahn Conspiracy Firestorm |Tracy McNicoll |May 19, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

And yet, many of her sentences struck me as showy, or straining toward cleverness.

Fiction Wrestles With Global Terrorism |Taylor Antrim |February 22, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
It would doubtless make a showy appearance in a cool greenhouse.

Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers |John Wood
I'm half afraid that our showy friend has eclipsed him in your eyes, as I own to you he has in mine, clever fellow that he is.

The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) |Charles James Lever
His ardent Highland nature led him to rejoice in the picturesque and the showy, and he was fond of music and of society.

The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists |George Bryce
Cavalcades of Persians on showy horses gaily caparisoned dashed past 121 frequently.

Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) |Isabella L. Bird
Sativus, the old Saffron Crocus, is showy, but is a shy bloomer in most gardens.

The Book of Bulbs |Samuel Arnott

British Dictionary definitions for showy

showy

/ (ˈʃəʊɪ) /

adjective showier or showiest

gaudy, flashy, or ostentatious

making a brilliant or imposing display

Derived forms of showy

showily, adverb showiness, noun