flamboyancy

Bold, showy style

Flamboyancy is the quality of being showy, colorful, or dramatically attention-seeking.

The word describes bold confidence in dress, manner, or style: the flamboyancy of his wardrobe, She brought flamboyancy to everything she did.

The variant flamboyance is more common.

ostentation

showiness

Ostentatious display quality

swagger · pretentiousness · grandiosity · pomposity · extravagance · flaunting · pageantry · spectacle · panache · flourish

style

flair

Stylish natural aptitude

  • dashQuick burst or pinch
  • pizzazzLively, attention-grabbing quality
  • glamourFascinating, elegant attractiveness

glitz · swank · flare · verve · élan · rakishness · jauntiness · boldness · dapperness · stylishness

vivid

colorfulness

Quality of bright hues

saturation · luminosity · radiance · dazzle · brilliance · vividness · iridescence · kaleidoscopic · psychedelic · prismatic

ornate

ornateness

Excessive embellishment quality

gilding · embellishment · frill · frippery · filigree · decoration · adornment · excess · overelaboration · intricacy

Opposites
style and presentation

flamboyancysubtlety

Fine distinction, easily missed

restraint · understatement · plainness · simplicity · modesty

emotional/behavioral restraint

flamboyancyreserve

Supply kept back

restraint · reticence · self-effacement · modesty · demureness

Family

flamboyant, flamboyance

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G