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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. tastelessly showy;
- Example: "a flash car"
- Example: "a flashy ring"
- Example: "garish colors"
- Example: "a gaudy costume"
- Example: "loud sport shirts"
- Example: "a meretricious yet stylish book"
- Example: "tawdry ornaments"
[syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]

2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display;
[syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Flashy \Flash"y\, a.
   1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of
      brilliancy; transitorily bright.
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            A little flashy and transient pleasure. --Barrow.
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   2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous.
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            A temper always flashy.               --Burke.
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   3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.
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   4. Without taste or spirit.
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            Lean and flashy songs.                --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

flashy
    adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring";
           "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts";
           "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
           [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish,
           gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky,
           tatty, tawdry, trashy]
    2: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
       [syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty]