flashier
flashier is the comparative form of flashy.
Meaning of flashy
Adjective
flashy (comparative flashier, superlative flashiest)
- Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
- The dancers wore flashy costumes featuring shiny sequins in many vibrant colors.
- Synonyms:
- glossy, prominent, brash, pizazzy, sporty, attention-grabbing, conspicuous, eye-catching, grabby, high-profile
- Marked by frequent variations in water amount (compare flash flood).
- Flow criteria were used for classification […] The criteria chosen were […] (4) the rate of change of flow with time (logged serial correlation coefficients are 0.2 in flashy rivers, but up to 0.98 in stable ones); and (5) the velocity associated with average daily flows (this varies from 1.03 m/s...2014 May 8, S. M. Haslam, River Plants of Western Europe, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 24
- Flashing; producing flashes.
- a flashy light
- Drunk; tipsy.
- Indeed, he was 'dithguthted' at his condition; and if upon the occasion just described he had allowed himself to be somewhat 'intoxicated with liquor,' I must aver that I do not recollect another instance in which this worthy little gentleman suffered himself to be similarly overtaken. Now and then...1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard
- Synonyms:
- buzzed, lit, squiffy, Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye
Questions about flashier
- What is flashier the comparative form of?
- Flashier is the comparative form of flashy.
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