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SHOWINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does showiness mean?
• SHOWINESS (noun)
The noun SHOWINESS has 1 sense:
1. extravagant elaborateness
Familiarity information: SHOWINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extravagant elaborateness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
flamboyance; floridity; floridness; showiness
Context example:
he wrote with great flamboyance
Hypernyms ("showiness" is a kind of...):
elaborateness; ornateness (an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated)
Derivation:
showy ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)
showy (displaying brilliance and virtuosity)
showy (marked by ostentation but often tasteless)
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