flamboyant
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Synonyms & Antonyms for flamboyant
Synonyms: Adjective
arresting, bodacious, bold, brilliant, catchy, commanding, conspicuous, dramatic, emphatic, eye-catching, grabby, kenspeckle [chiefly Scottish], marked, noisy, noticeable, prominent, pronounced, remarkable, showy, splashy, striking
Antonyms: Adjective
inconspicuous, unemphatic, unflamboyant, unnoticeable, unobtrusive, unremarkable, unshowy
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Examples of flamboyant in a Sentence
Adjective
Crazy artists, or flamboyant ones, can be strangely comforting. We feel we understand where their visions come from; we're lulled by the symmetry of turbulent art and turbulent lives. — Stephen Schiff, New Yorker, 28 Dec. 1992–4 Jan. 1993 Equally flamboyant is the group's singer, Andy Bell, who prances around the stage dressed at various times like an astronaut, a space creature or a Mexican senorita. — Jim Farber, Video Review, August 1990 … he was living in the flamboyant, urbane manner he craved, in an apartment that suited his Balzacian fantasies of success … — Raymond Sokolov, Wayward Reporter, 1980 the flamboyant gestures of the conductor has a gallery of flamboyant gestures that makes him easy to imitate
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To crown it all: an erupting splay of salad greens, the most flamboyant staging of frisée and red oak lettuce in town. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: At Bon Temps in Downtown L.A., the brilliant desserts are only the beginning," 29 Aug. 2019 But there has always been a place for a flamboyant character to exist within fashion. — New York Times, "Suiting Up With Meghan Markle’s Designer," 11 June 2019 The outdoor event is part English garden party and part New England clam bake, with women in period dresses and flamboyant hats flanked by men in blazers and brightly colored pants. — Fortune, "Letter From Pebble Beach: What a Disappointing Classic Car Auction Tells us About the 1%—and the Economy," 24 Aug. 2019 The Tribune’s Pratt also spoke with George Blakemore, a prolific public speaker known for his frequent, flamboyant rants at government meetings across the city. — Lisa Donovan, chicagotribune.com, "The Spin: Unflattering report doesn’t just highlight bullying, sexual harassment in House Speaker Mike Madigan’s offices. It’s a window into normally highly secretive operations.," 20 Aug. 2019 Shake your tail feather at Flamingle After Dark, the Denver Zoo’s new adults-only, after-hours party with a special focus on the flamboyant pink birds. — Kaitlyn Bancroft, The Know, "Single and ready to Flamingle? Come party at the Denver Zoo’s new adults-only event," 7 Aug. 2019 But at least the dinos' dances, calls, and flamboyant displays paid off from an evolutionary perspective. — Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, "The Sexiest Dinosaurs Learned How to Fly First," 5 Aug. 2019 And young white men, joined by U.S. servicemen on leave, attacked anyone wearing a zoot suit, a flamboyant outfit popular in the barrios at the time. — Jordan Riefe, Orange County Register, "What’s hot in OC arts and entertainment for August," 31 July 2019 But while the center-right held in that race, just barely, Reeves, a less-flamboyant version of the new Republican orthodoxy, was already lieutenant governor, already running up his tally of tax cuts and eyeing this year’s gubernatorial race. — Bob Moser, The New Yorker, "Mississippi’s Race for Governor Tests the Limits of Conservatism," 2 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'flamboyant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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