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flamboyant
Meaning: strikingly bold or colorful in style
flamboyant in a sentence
How flamboyant is used in real sentences:
The performer's flamboyant costume sparkled under the stage lights.
The new coach's flamboyant sideline celebrations quickly made him a favorite with the crowd.
“Lighting designer Mara Velez proposed flamboyant rings of violet and gold to accentuate the brightest colors in modern paintings.”
— from the passage The Brightness Debate
Synonyms for flamboyant
Other words for flamboyant — showy, extravagant and dazzling — carry the same meaning.
- showy
- extravagant
- dazzling
Antonyms of flamboyant
Words that mean the opposite of flamboyant:
- plain
- understated
- modest
Where it comes from
From French flamboyer 'to blaze'
Memory hook
FLAMBOYANT — like a flame, bright and impossible to ignore.
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