showy

English

Alternative forms

shewey, shewy (obsolete)

Etymology

show +‎ -y

Pronunciation

Audio (Southern England) (file)
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃəʊ.i/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃoʊ.i/
Rhymes: -əʊi
Homophone: showie

Adjective

showy (comparative showier, superlative showiest)

(sometimes derogatory) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye.
Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
showy flowers

Synonyms

Thesaurus:gaudy

Hyponyms

slutty

Derived terms

Translations

for show

Bulgarian: показен (bg) (pokazen), ефектен (bg) (efekten)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 浮華／浮华 (zh) (fúhuá, fúhua), 繁华 (zh) (fánhuá)
Czech: nápadný (cs)
Dutch: opzichtig (nl)
Finnish: näyttävä (fi), pramea (fi)
French: tape-à-l’œil (fr)
Galician: ostentoso m
German: protzig (de), auffällig (de), schreiend (de), grell (de)
Irish: éagsúil, taibhseach
Japanese: 派手な (ja) (はでな, hade na), けばけばしい (ja) (kebakebashii)
Macedonian: впе́чатлив (vpéčatliv), е́фектен (éfekten), све́тол (svétol), бе́звкусен (bézvkusen), јарк (jark), дре́члив (dréčliv)
Persian: خودنما (fa) (xodnamâ) (of people)
Polish: na pokaz (pl)
Portuguese: mirabolante (pt), exibido (pt) m (derogatory)
Russian: я́ркий (ru) (járkij) (bright), эффе́ктный (ru) (efféktnyj), впечатля́ющий (ru) (vpečatljájuščij), безвку́сный (ru) (bezvkúsnyj) (tasteless), пёстрый (ru) (pjóstryj) (motley), крича́щий (ru) (kričáščij), показно́й (ru) (pokaznój), на пока́з (na pokáz), напы́щенный (ru) (napýščennyj)
Spanish: ostentoso (es), jactancioso (es), aparatoso (es), fardón (Spain, colloquial), de relumbrón
Tagalog: mapagyabang, hambog (tl)

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