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Synonyms for splashy

marked by outward, often extravagant display

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Synonyms for splashy

marked by ostentation but often tasteless

covered with patches of bright color

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Splashily dressed, he gave PDI attendees both barrels: "I'm not a motivational speaker.
Fish have been splashily rising to adult midge not far from the upwind banks - no matter how bright or cold the weather, though in the cold, top-of-the-wind margins and the depths of the dam wall are the most reliable bag fillers.
Nor will I ask anyone to crack a smile at the interesting hypocrisies that came to light last winter when Boston's top federal law enforcement official launched a splashily publicized crackdown on the shopkeepers and bed-and-breakfast proprietors of quaint Nantucket Island, many of whom, given the high cost of local renovations and a native reluctance to tamper with historic structures, have lagged behind in constructing the ramps and wider corridors required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
It's evident that Podhoretz had very high hopes for Making It--it would be his version of the kind of daring, candid, splashily successful confession that was making his friend Mailer famous and celebrated in those days.
The town is a great American paradox, splashily celebrating God and country but fueled by the savvy, campy energy that drives Broadway, Hollywood, and Vegas.
Pour water splashily (to aerate it) into a big pail or garbage can to keep them alive during the trip home.
They put on a big show in spring and continue to bloom, though less splashily, over several months.
Phillips is also expecting a foal by the splashily marked stallion out of her thoroughbred mare Angelic Dancer in late March.
That same year he splashily opened the International Hotel in Las Vegas, the most massive hostelry to be launched up to that point in the burgeoning gambling capital.
We sling our picnic breakfast in the front of one kayak, take up our paddles, and (rather splashily) depart.
'Period' performance has come a long way since the days when audiences were forced to sit doggedly through poorly-tuned, splashily articulated, ill-coordinated renderings in the name of 'authenticity'.