n. strident color or excessive ornamentation

n. the quality of standing out strongly and distinctly

n. tasteless showiness

adj. impossible to doubt or dispute; "indisputable (or sure) proof"

adj. clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"

adj. obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"

adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

adj. easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"

adj. having or as if having an identifying mark or a mark as specified; often used in combination; "played with marked cards"; "a scar-marked face"; "well-marked roads"

adj. not faint or feeble; "a strong odor of burning rubber"

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

adj. lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"

adj. simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"

adj. without artificial refinement or elegance; "plain homely furniture"; "homely manners"

adj. clearly evident to the mind; "his opposition to slavery was unmistakable"

adj. (often followed by `from') not alike; different in nature or quality; "plants of several distinct types"; "the word `nationalism' is used in at least two distinct senses"; "gold is distinct from iron"; "a tree related to but quite distinct from the European beech"; "management had interests quite distinct from those of their employees"

adj. (of language) transparently clear; easily understandable; "writes in a limpid style"; "lucid directions"; "a luculent oration"- Robert Burton; "pellucid prose"; "a crystal clear explanation"; "a perspicuous argument"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. (used informally) completely unclothed

adj. in accord with regular practice or procedure; "took his regular morning walk"; "her regular bedtime"

adj. constituting a separate entity or part; "a government with three discrete divisions"; "on two distinct occasions"

adj. clear to the mind; "a clear and present danger"; "a clear explanation"; "a clear case of murder"; "a clear indication that she was angry"; "gave us a clear idea of human nature"

adj. obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"

adj. characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"

adj. having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

adj. recognizable; marked; "noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

adj. not possible to deny

adj. impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

adj. lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact; "the direct opposite"

adj. easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints"

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

adj. not tacit or implied; "her express wish"

adj. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"

adj. emptied of emotion; "after the violent argument he felt empty"

adj. not characteristic of or skilled in applied arts and sciences; "nontechnical aspects of the job"; "nontechnical training"; "an untechnical reader"; "in clear effective nontechnical language"

adj. being or affecting a disease produced by a particular microorganism or condition; used also of stains or dyes used in making microscope slides; "quinine is highly specific for malaria"; "a specific remedy"; "a specific stain is one having a specific affinity for particular structural elements"

adj. having a specific function or scope; "a special (or specific) role in the mission"

adj. capable or worthy of being perceived; "noticeable shadows under her eyes"; "noticeable for its vivid historical background"; "a noticeable lack of friendliness"

adj. capable of being seen or noticed; "a discernible change in attitude"; "a clearly evident erasure in the manuscript"; "an observable change in behavior"

adj. well articulated or enunciated: "intelligible pronunciation"

adj. widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

adj. (of handwriting, print, etc.) capable of being read or deciphered; "legible handwriting"

adj. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

adj. not arrogant or presuming; "unassuming to a fault, skeptical about the value of his work"; "a shy retiring girl"

adj. existing in or produced by nature; not artificial or imitation; "a natural pearl"; "natural gas"; "natural silk"; "natural blonde hair"; "a natural sweetener"; "natural fertilizers"

adj. noticeable in an unpleasant way: "equally obtrusive was the graffiti"

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

adj. very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"

adj. very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"

adj. not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine"

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

adj. plain to see; "undisguised curiosity"

adj. capable of being perceived; especially capable of being handled or touched or felt; "a barely palpable dust"; "felt sudden anger in a palpable wave"; "the air was warm and close--palpable as cotton"; "a palpable lie"

adj. not elaborate or elaborated; simple; "plain food"; "stuck to the plain facts"; "a plain blue suit"; "a plain rectangular brick building"

adj. unornamented; "a simple country schoolhouse"; "her black dress--simple to austerity"

adj. lacking pretension or affectation; "an unpretentious country church"; "her quiet unpretentious demeanor"

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

adj. marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

adj. established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

adj. concerned with theory and data rather than practice; opposed to applied; "pure science"

adj. not mixed with extraneous elements; "plain water"; "sheer wine"; "not an unmixed blessing"

adj. not open to question; "an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige"

adj. too obvious to be doubted

adj. generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"

adj. unlike in nature or quality or form or degree; "took different approaches to the problem"; "came to a different conclusion"; "different parts of the country"; "on different sides of the issue"; "this meeting was different from the earlier one"

adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

adj. without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious; "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"

adj. furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme; "the ultimate achievement"; "the ultimate question"; "man's ultimate destiny"; "the ultimate insult"; "one's ultimate goal in life"

adj. conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"

adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

adj. seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters"

adj. seizing the attention; "eye-catching posters"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. conspicuous in position or importance; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen"

adj. clear and distinct; "bold handwriting"; "a figure carved in bold relief"; "a bold design"

adj. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

adj. (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees

adj. obvious to the eye; "a visible change of expression"

adj. remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

adj. clearly defined; "I have no formed opinion about the chances of success"

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

adj. very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"

adj. intensely focused; "her concentrated passion held them at bay"

adj. very intense; "politics is his consuming passion"; "overwhelming joy"

adj. intense or sharp; "suffered exquisite pain"; "felt exquisite pleasure"

adj. intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality; "severe pain"; "a severe case of flu"; "a terrible cough"; "under wicked fire from the enemy's guns"; "a wicked cough"

adj. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"

adj. marked by intense physical force: "a big wind"; "a violent squall"; "heavy seas"; "high winds"

adj. very severe; "a raging thirst"; "a raging toothache"

adj. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"

adj. characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"

adj. of force; of the greatest possible intensity; "by main strength"

adj. (of darkness) very intense; "thick night"; "thick darkness"; "a face in deep shadow"; "deep night"

adj. of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity; "extreme cold"; "extreme caution"; "extreme pleasure"; "utmost contempt"; "to the utmost degree"; "in the uttermost distress"

adj. capable of being demonstrated or proved; "obvious lies"; "a demonstrable lack of concern for the general welfare"; "practical truth provable to all men"- Walter Bagehot

adj. easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

adj. not clear to the mind; "the law itself was unclear on that point"; "the reason for their actions is unclear to this day"

adj. not prominent or readily noticeable; "he pushed the string through an inconspicuous hole"; "the invisible man"

adj. vague or not clearly defined or stated; "must you be so indefinite?"; "amorphous blots of color having vague and indefinite edges"; "he would not answer so indefinite a proposal"

adj. indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"

adj. lacking in substance; "strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds"- W.A.Butler; "dim shadowy forms"; "a wraithlike column of smoke"

adj. well articulated or enunciated: "intelligible pronunciation"

adj. not precise; "imprecise astronomical observations"; "the terms he used were imprecise and emotional"

adj. marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable; "firm convictions"; "a firm mouth"; "steadfast resolve"; "a man of unbendable perseverence"; "unwavering loyalty"