showy
IPA: ʃˈoʊi
adjective
- (sometimes derogatory) Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye
- Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display.
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Examples of "showy" in Sentences
- Her style is a bit showy.
- The red or purplish fruit is also showy.
- The inflorescence is a head of small but showy flowers.
- Neither the flowers nor the fruit are especially showy.
- The petal is the colorful, often showy part of a plant.
- Flowers are showy white with yellow spots in the spring.
- The courtship ritual, like the plumage, is rather showy.
- The trot is the best gait and is showy with a long stride.
- The flowers are typically resupinate, and often showy and colorful.
- The showy flowers are pendulous with a very large number of stamens.
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