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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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The inventive architecture, allied to traditional materials, has attracted thousands of visitors to the building, which is clement, spacious and colourful. All indications are that Latin America gill, in the future, present an even more colourful spectrum of religious plurality than it does today," he said. The original negotiations involved powerful leaders, colourful personalities and nearly ten years of border and resource discussions which affected the Cree, Stoney, Sarcee and Blackfoot aboriginal nations, by then largely settled on reservations. |
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