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показно́й — meaning in English

pokaznoy

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English meaning

  • ambitious adj Having a strong desire for success, power, or achievement.
  • blatant adj Completely obvious and unashamed, especially about something wrong.
  • flashy adjective Showy and designed to attract attention, sometimes in a tasteless way.
  • garish adj Unpleasantly bright or showy, in a tasteless way.
  • jaunty adj Lively, confident, and stylish in manner or appearance.
  • 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.
  • tacky adj Cheap-looking, gaudy, or in poor taste.
  • theatrical adj Relating to theater or stage performance.
  • vain adj Excessively proud of one's own looks or achievements.

Senses

показно́й 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.
  • flashy Showy; visually impressive, attention-getting, or appealing.
  • garish Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]
  • ostentatious Of ostentation.
  • ostentatious Intended to attract notice.
  • 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).
  • tacky Gaudy or flashy.

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.

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