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# showy

adjective (showy, showier, showiest)

«showy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Very bright, big or colourful so that people notice it, sometimes too much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#m1)
2. Done to make people admire you rather than for a real purpose: a showy trick, a showy way of playing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#m2)

### In the lessons

A describing word that can praise («showy flowers» in a garden) or criticise («a showy car», «too showy»). In stories it tells the reader that a person likes to be looked at — Toad in The Wind in the Willows loves showy things: a gaudy caravan, fast motor cars and loud clothes. In gardening, showy flowers have large bright petals that attract bees.

### Examples

- Sunflowers are showy flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x1)
- His showy red car was parked outside the school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x2)
- She did a showy cartwheel just to impress everyone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x3)
- The footballer's showy trick lost the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x4)
- The peacock spread its showy tail. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x5)
- Toad loved showy clothes and loud horns. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x6)
- I prefer a simple cake to a showy one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/#x7)

### Note

Comparative «showier», superlative «showiest»; adverb «showily»; noun «showiness». Often slightly negative: it hints at showing off. Related: «show-off» (a person who shows off).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «showy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/showy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«showy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/showy.html) on Mova free.