flash·y

(flăsh′ē)

adj. flash·i·er, flash·i·est

1. Cheap and showy; gaudy. See Synonyms at garish.

2. Giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance.

flash′i·ly adv.

flash′i·ness n.

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flashy

(ˈflæʃɪ)

adj, flashier or flashiest

1. brilliant and dazzling, esp for a short time or in a superficial way

2. cheap and ostentatious

ˈflashily adv

ˈflashiness n

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flash•y

(ˈflæʃ i)

adj. flash•i•er, flash•i•est.

1. superficially sparkling or brilliant: a flashy performance.

2. ostentatious and tasteless; gaudy: flashy clothes.

[1575–85]

flash′i•ly, adv.

flash′i•ness, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	flashy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" flash, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
	2.	flashy - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display gaudy, jazzy, sporty, showy colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

flashy

adjective showy, loud, over the top (informal), flamboyant, brash, tacky (informal), flaunting, glitzy (slang), tasteless, naff (Brit. slang), gaudy, garish, jazzy (informal), tawdry, ostentatious, snazzy (informal), glittery, meretricious, cheap and nasty, in poor taste, tinselly a flashy sports car
natural, plain, modest, low-key, understated, unaffected, downbeat

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

flashy

adjective

Tastelessly showy:

brummagem, chintzy, garish, gaudy, glaring, loud, meretricious, tawdry, tinsel.

Informal: tacky.

Translations

بَرّاق وقليل الجَوْدَه

okázalý ale laciný

blæretoversmart

grell protzig

tapageurtape-à-l’œil

csiricsáré

æpandi, yfirgengilegur

vistoso

prangende smakløs

frapangösterişli

华而不实的

flashy

[ˈflæʃɪ] ADJ (flashier (compar) (flashiest (superl))) [jewellery, clothes, car] → llamativo, ostentoso; [colour] → chillón; [person] → llamativo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flashy

[ˈflæʃi] adj (pejorative) [person] → tapageur/euse; [thing] → tape-à-l'œil inv

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flashy

adj (+er) → auffallend, auffällig; Helen’s outfit is totally flashy (inf) → Helens Klamotten sind total schrill or grell or flashig (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flashy

[ˈflæʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-est (superl))) (pej) (car, clothes) → vistoso/a; (person) → appariscente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

flash

(flӕʃ) noun

1. a quick showing of a bright light. a flash of lightning.

2. a moment; a very short time. He was with her in a flash.

3. a flashlight.

4. (often ˈnewsflash) a brief news report sent by radio, television etc. Did you hear the flash about the king's death?

verb

1. (of a light) to (cause to) shine quickly. He flashed a torch.

2. (usually with by or past) to pass quickly. The days flashed by; The cars flashed past.

3. to show; to display. He flashed a card and was allowed to pass.

ˈflashing adjective

flashing lights.

ˈflashy adjective

big, bright etc but cheap and of poor quality. flashy clothes.

ˈflashily adverb

ˈflashlight noun

1. a (battery) torch.

2. (often abbreviated to flash) an instrument which produces a sudden bright light for taking photographs.

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Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others; but that would be only in the less important arguments, and the meaner sort of books, else distilled books are like common distilled waters, flashy things.

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He was not a gentleman, nor yet one of the loud, flashy sort that call themselves so.

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Ours is a fine business,--a splendid concern, sir,--and there's no reason why it shouldn't go on growing; there's a growing capital, and growing outlets for it; but there's another thing that's wanted for the prosperity of every concern, large or small, and that's men to conduct it,--men of the right habits; none o' your flashy fellows, but such as are to be depended on.

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With the money he bought himself a suit of cheap, flashy clothes.

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The truth is, I never dabbled in flashy matters, but jogged on in the good old sober routine of the calling -- a calling in which I should, no doubt, have remained to the present hour, but for a little accident which happened to me in the prosecution of one of the usual business operations of the profession.

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She told Philip that his friend had no talent really; it was just flashy and superficial; he couldn't compose a figure to save his life.

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In theory she despised them--they took away that old-world look--they cut off the sun--flats house a flashy type of person.

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He must remind himself every now and then that the great event transpired in the open air, and not in a gloomy, candle- lighted cell in a little corner of a vast church, up-stairs--a small cell all bejeweled and bespangled with flashy ornamentation, in execrable taste.

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Still, such comparisons might mislead, for no man was more incapable of flashy make-believe than Mr.

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Father Brown jumped off the bandstand, his friend following; and as they walked in the direction indicated the trees fell away to right and left, and they saw a small, rather flashy hotel, such as is common in resorts--the hotel of the Saloon Bar rather than the Bar Parlour.

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His poetical vein was really exhausted when in 1812 and 1813 Byron's 'Childe Harold' and flashy Eastern tales captured the public fancy.

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Hawker, the old squire, had been a loose, unsatisfactory sort of person, had been on bad terms with his first wife (who died, as some said, of neglect), and had then married a flashy South American Jewess with a fortune.

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