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SPLASHY
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Irregular inflected forms: splashier , splashiest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Covered with patches of bright color
Classified under:
Similar:
covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)
Derivation:
splash (a patch of bright color)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Marked by ostentation but often tasteless
Example:
a splashy half-page ad
Synonyms:
flamboyant; showy; splashy
Classified under:
Similar:
ostentatious; pretentious (intended to attract notice and impress others)
Derivation:
splash (a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event)
splashiness (lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Characterized by water flying about haphazardly
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
splash (the sound like water splashing)
Derivation:
splash (the sound like water splashing)
