splashy

splash·y (spl

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adj. splash·i·er, splash·i·est

1. Making or likely to make splashes.

2. Covered with splashes of color.

3. Showy; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy.

splashi·ly adv.

splashi·ness n.

splashy [ˈsplæʃɪ]

adj splashier, splashiest

1. having irregular marks

2. Informal done to attract attention or make a sensation; showy

3. making a splash or splashes

splashily adv

splashiness n

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Adj.	1.	splashy - characterized by water flying about haphazardly
	2.	splashy - marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" flamboyant, showy ostentatious, pretentious - intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"
	3.	splashy - covered with patches of bright color covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony"

Translations

splashy [ˈsplæʃɪ] ADJ (US) (splashier (compar) (splashiest (superl))) (= showy) → ostentoso

splashy

adj (US inf) → protzig, auffällig

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flamboyant
plashy
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showiness
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"This Captain Raleigh," says Fuller, "coming out of Ireland to the English Court in good habit (his clothes being then a considerable part of his estate), found the Queen walking, till, meeting with a splashy place, she seemed to scruple going thereon.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

He heard the patter of a rain-shower on the window panes behind the lowered blinds, and below, far below, in the artificial abyss of the square, the deadened roll of wheels and the splashy trotting of a horse.

Tales of Unrest by Conrad, Joseph View in context

It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog, which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer.

Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context

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