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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

  1. adj Having a strong desire for success, power, or achievement.
  2. adj Requiring great effort or resources to accomplish; large in scope.

histrionic — full definition

  1. adjective Excessively dramatic or emotional in a way that seems staged and is meant to attract attention.
  2. adjective Relating to actors, acting or the theatre.
  3. noun Exaggerated dramatic behaviour designed to produce an effect on other people; usually used in the plural, histrionics.

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