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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
Adj.1.colourful - 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"
2.colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves"
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

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
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 flowersun 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
(= brightly-coloured) → coloré(e) (= bright) → aux tons vifs
(= many-coloured) [flowers, clothes] → coloré(e); [designs, pictures] → coloré(e)
[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; spectaclefarbenfroh or -prächtig
(fig) style of writing, account etcfarbig, anschaulich; life, historical period(bunt) bewegt; personality(bunt) schillernd; his colourful pastseine bunte or bewegte Vergangenheit
(euph: = vulgar) languagederb

colourful colorful (Am) [ˈkʌləfʊl] adj (dress) → dai colori vivaci; (picture) → ricco/a di colore; (personality) → originale, vivace; (story) → avvincente

colourful 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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