näyttävä — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ambitious adj Having a strong desire for success, power, or achievement.
- histrionic adjective Excessively dramatic or emotional in a way that seems staged and is meant to attract attention.
- imposing adj Impressive in size, appearance, or manner; commanding respect.
- pretentious adj Trying too hard to seem impressive, intelligent, or important, in a way that comes across as fake or overblown.
- showy adj Flashy or attracting a lot of attention, often in an exaggerated way.
- smart adjective Intelligent; quick to learn or understand.
- snazzy adjective Stylish and eye-catching, often in a flashy way.
- spectacular adj Extremely impressive or striking to watch.
- tacky adj Cheap-looking, gaudy, or in poor taste.
Senses
näyttävä is used for these senses in English:
- ambitious (of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
- histrionic (by extension) Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.
- imposing Magnificent and impressive because of appearance, size, stateliness or dignity.
- orgulous Ostentatious; showy.
- pretentious Motivated by an inappropriate, excessive, or unjustified desire to impress others.
- showy (informal, chiefly of a literary work) Inclined to showing (by conveying an impression so that events are described in the narrative), instead of telling (by explicitly stating facts).
- smart (archaic) Pretentious; showy; spruce.
- snazzy Adept or ingenious in behaviour or operation; excellent, nifty.
ambitious — full definition
- adj Having a strong desire for success, power, or achievement.
- adj Requiring great effort or resources to accomplish; large in scope.
histrionic — full definition
- adjective Excessively dramatic or emotional in a way that seems staged and is meant to attract attention.
- adjective Relating to actors, acting or the theatre.
- noun Exaggerated dramatic behaviour designed to produce an effect on other people; usually used in the plural, histrionics.