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FLASHINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flashiness mean?
• FLASHINESS (noun)
The noun FLASHINESS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FLASHINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tasteless showiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness
Hypernyms ("flashiness" is a kind of...):
tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)
Derivation:
flashy ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)
flashy (tastelessly showy)
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