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colorful

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col·or·ful  (klr-fl)
adj.
1. Full of color; abounding in colors: colorful leaves in the fall.
2. Characterized by rich variety; vividly distinctive: colorful language.

color·ful·ly adv.
color·ful·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.colorful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
colorless, colourless - weak in color; not colorful
2.colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"
colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade"
3.colorful - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain"
Translations
colorful غني بالألوان barvitý farverig bunt πολύχρωμος lleno de colorido värikäs coloré šaren colorato 色彩に富んだ 색채가 다양한 kleurrijk fargerik barwny colorido красочный färgrik เต็มไปด้วยสีสัน renkli sặc sỡ 色彩鲜明的


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They had not intended to spend the afternoon, but found themselves too fascinated to turn away from the breakers bursting upon the rocks and from the many kinds of colorful sea life starfish, crabs, mussels, sea anemones, and, once, in a rock-pool, a small devilfish that chilled their blood when it cast the hooded net of its body around the small crabs they tossed to it.
To hear Barillo sing a love passage with the voice of an angel, and to hear Tetralani reply like another angel, and to hear it all accompanied by a perfect orgy of glowing and colorful music - is ravishing, most ravishing.
 
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