SPLASHINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does splashiness mean? 

• SPLASHINESS (noun)
  The noun SPLASHINESS has 1 sense:

1. lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

  Familiarity information: SPLASHINESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPLASHINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

inflation; ostentation; ostentatiousness; pomposity; pompousness; pretentiousness; puffiness; splashiness

Hypernyms ("splashiness" is a kind of...):

inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)

Derivation:

ostentatious ((of a display) tawdry or vulgar)