English-Thai Dictionary

showy

ADJ น่าประทับใจ  na-pra-tab-jai

 

showy

ADJ โอ้อวด  ชอบ วางท่า  อวดตัว  gaudy ostentatious ao-aud

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHOWY

a. 1. Splendid; gay; gaudy; making a great show; fine.
2. Ostentatious.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHOWY

SHOWY Show "y

 

Defn:, a. Etym: [Compar. Showier (; superl. Showiest.]

 

Defn: Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy. A present of everything that was rich and showy. Addison.

 

Syn. -- Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent; grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

showy

show y |ˈSHō -ē ˈʃoʊi | ▶adjective ( showier, showiest ) having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colorful, or ostentatious: showy flowers | she wore a great deal of showy costume jewelry. DERIVATIVES show i ly |-əlē |adverb, show i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

showy

showy |ˈʃəʊi | ▶adjective ( showier, showiest ) having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious: showy flowers | she wore a great deal of showy costume jewellery. DERIVATIVES showily adverb, showiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

showy

showy adjective they spared no sequins or feathers in what may be the most showy finale ever seen on this stage: ostentatious, conspicuous, pretentious, flamboyant, gaudy, garish, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, overelaborate, kitsch, kitschy; pyrotechnical; informal flash, flashy, glitzy, ritzy, swanky, fancy-dancy, fancy-schmancy. ANTONYMS restrained. WORD NOTE pyrotechnical There is nothing properly wrong with describing a piece of writing or a vocal performance as pyrotechnical. The Oxford English Dictionary patiently lists this usage as the word's third figurative meaning: "Of wit, rhetoric, etc. : resembling or suggestive of fireworks; brilliant, sensational. " No, there is nothing properly wrong here. But something dies in a piece of figurative language when it is used so frequently and debased so often, and becomes a kind of "fudging term, " standing in for what would otherwise be a lengthier descriptive act. If you mean showy then say showy, and if you mean complex then say that, but if you want to unpick and understand the way a piece of rhetoric works, than pyrotechnical is a very weak adjective indeed. — ZS Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

showy

showy adjective showy costume jewellery: ostentatious, conspicuous, pretentious, obtrusive, flamboyant, gaudy, garish, brash, vulgar, loud, extravagant, fancy, ornate, affected, theatrical, overdone, over-elaborate, kitsch, tasteless; informal flash, flashy, over the top, OTT, glitzy, fancy-pants, ritzy, swanky, splashy; N. Amer. informal superfly, bling-bling; US black English dicty. ANTONYMS discreet, restrained, plain.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

showy

show y /ʃóʊi /形容詞 1 目立つ, 華やかな .2 派手な, けばけばしい .sh ó w i ly 副詞 sh ó w i ness 名詞