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adj. tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

Fuzzynyms (140)

jet, squirt, spurt, spirt

n. the occurrence of a sudden discharge (as of liquid)

outburst, flare-up

n. a sudden violent happening; "an outburst of heavy rain"; "a burst of lightning"

sign, signal, signaling, signalling

n. any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the boat suddenly stopped"

siren

n. a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

gas, bluster, boast, brag, vaunt, tout, swash, gasconade, shoot a line

v. show off

crow, triumph, gloat

v. dwell on with satisfaction

march, parade, exhibit

v. walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"

bustle, hustle, bustle about

v. move or cause to move energetically or busily; "The cheerleaders bustled about excitingly before their performance"

push, force

v. move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"

fly, move quickly, move suddenly

v. move quickly or suddenly; "He flew about the place"

clamber, scramble, struggle, skin, shin, sputter, shinny

v. climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

scramble, move hastily

v. to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"

scamper, scurry, scuttle, skitter, move rapidly

v. to move about or proceed hurriedly; "so terrified by the extraordinary ebbing of the sea that they scurried to higher ground"

bolt, go off, run off, decamp, abscond, absquatulate

v. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"

fly, wing, be airborne

v. travel through the air; be airborne; "Man cannot fly"

fly

v. be dispersed or disseminated; "Rumors and accusations are flying"

fly, flee, take flight

v. run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"

hurtle

v. move with or as if with a rushing sound; "The cars hurtled by"

flit, flutter, dart, fleet

v. move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

bolt, run out, run off, bolt out

v. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

dash, sprint

v. run very fast, usually for a short distance

forge, spurt, spirt

v. move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy

zoom, move noisily

v. move with a low humming noise

streak

v. run naked in a public place

speed, hurry, zip, travel rapidly

v. move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"

run, move by running

v. move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store"

lam, run, bunk, break away, scarper, run away, turn tail

v. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

fold, turn up, fold up

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

crash

v. move with, or as if with, a crashing noise; "The car crashed through the glass door"

bump, dance erotically

v. dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward; "bump and grind"

crash, move violently

v. move violently as through a barrier; "The terrorists crashed the gate"

fling

v. move in an abrupt or headlong manner; "He flung himself onto the sofa"

thrust, hurl, lunge, hurtle

v. make a thrusting forward movement

throw

v. move violently, energetically, or carelessly; "She threw herself forwards"

gallop

v. go at galloping speed; "The horse was galloping along"

jump, leap, spring, bound

v. move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

jet, gush

v. issue in a jet; come out in a jet; stream or spring forth; "Water jetted forth"; "flames were jetting out of the building"

gaudy, flashy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty

adj. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

inelegant

adj. lacking in refinement or grace or good taste

flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained

adj. richly and brilliantly colorful

loud

adj. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"

crass

adj. (of persons) so unrefined as to be lacking in discrimination and sensibility

gauche, graceless, unpolished

adj. lacking social polish; "too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate"; "their excellent manners always made me feel gauche"

lower-class, low-class

adj. occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society

flamboyant, aureate, showy, florid

adj. elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech"

artless, unsophisticated, unworldly

adj. not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien

unsophisticated, uncomplicated

adj. lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine"

Synonyms (15)

show, make noticeable, make visible, cause to appear, cause to be seen

v. make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"

cut back, flash back, return in time

v. return in time; "the film cut back to an earlier event in the story"

barbaric

adj. unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"

camp, campy

adj. providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities; "they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"

indelicate

adj. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; "an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"

kitsch, ostentatious, pretentious

adj. of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

Antonyms (11)

in good taste, tasteful

adj. having or showing or conforming to good taste

plain, simple, modest, unostentatious

adj. free from pomp or affectation; "comfortable but modest cottages"; "a simple rectangular brick building"; "a simple man with simple tastes"

simple

adj. cleverly simple; used of a solution to a problem e.g.

refined

adj. (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"

neat, refined, tasteful

adj. free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"

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