splashier

Gaudier and bolder

Splashier is the comparative form of splashy—more showy, attention-grabbing, or flamboyant.

A marketing campaign might go for something splashier than last year's effort.

A dress could be splashier than what the occasion calls for.

The word often carries a hint of excess or trying too hard: They wanted something splashier, but I preferred understated.

showy

flashier

More ostentatious

louder · brassier · bolder

messy

wetter

More saturated with liquid

Opposites
visual impact and showiness

splashiersubtler

More delicately understated

plainer · duller · drabber · blander · quieter

Phrases
Family

splashing, splashily, splashiest, splashiness

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G