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colourful [ˈkʌləfʊl] adj
1. having intense colour or richly varied colours 2. vivid, rich, or distinctive in character colourfully adv colourfulness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
colourful adjective 1. bright, rich, brilliant, intense, vivid, vibrant, psychedelic, motley, variegated, jazzy (informal), multicoloured, Day-glo (trademark), kaleidoscopic Everyone was dressed in colourful clothes. bright dark, faded, pale, dull, dreary, drab, washed out, colourless 2. interesting, rich, unusual, stimulating, graphic, lively, distinctive, vivid, picturesque, characterful an irreverent and colourful tale of Restoration England interesting flat, boring, dull, lifeless, monotonous, uninteresting, unexciting, characterless, unvaried Translations colourful colorful (US) [ˈkʌləfəl] ADJ 1. (= bright) [display, image] → lleno de color, lleno de colorido; [procession] → lleno de colorido; [clothes, design, pattern] → de colores vivos a bunch of colourful flowers → un ramo de flores de vistosos colores 2. (= picturesque) [figure, character, story, history] → pintoresco; [description, account, style] → colorista; [scene] → vivo, animado her colourful past (euph) → su movidito pasado 3. (euph) (= vulgar) [language] → subido de tono colourful [ˈkʌlərfʊl] (British) colorful (US) adj [story, history, account] → haut(e) en couleurs [character, personality, figure] → pittoresque, haut(e) en couleurs [past, career, background] → mouvementé(e) (= bad) [language] → coloré(e) colourful, (US) colorful adj (lit) → bunt; spectacle → farbenfroh or -prächtig (fig) style of writing, account etc → farbig, anschaulich; life, historical period → (bunt) bewegt; personality → (bunt) schillernd; his colourful past → seine bunte or bewegte Vergangenheit (euph: = vulgar) language → derb colourful colorful (Am) [ˈkʌləfʊl] adj (dress) → dai colori vivaci; (picture) → ricco/a di colore; (personality) → originale, vivace; (story) → avvincente colourful colorful (Am) [ˈkʌləfʊl] adj (dress) → dai colori vivaci; (picture) → ricco/a di colore; (personality) → originale, vivace; (story) → avvincente How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Veteran scuba diver Don Arends puts a novel twist on an original, entertaining, and character building picturebook story whose simple 'kid friendly' text is colorfully illustrated by Neelam. The summer-long event colorfully showcased the Wisconsin dairy industry to millions of people across the state and country. Murtha, for example, has colorfully called the plan ``total crap. |
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