taibhseach — meaning in English
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English meaning
- flamboyant adjective Bold, showy, and confident in style or behavior, often to draw attention.
- gaudy adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
- ostentatious adj Showy or over-the-top, designed mainly to impress or attract attention.
- 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.
Senses
taibhseach is used for these senses in English:
- flamboyant Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
- gaudy Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
- 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).
gaudy — full definition
- adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
- noun In British university tradition, a reunion dinner or feast held by an Oxford college for its former students.