flamboyant

flam-BOY-untadj

Meaning bold, colorful and showy in a way that draws attention

Memory hook FLAME-BOY: dressed like a FLAME. Jonah twirls into the party in a red-and-orange cape that ripples like fire, then takes a sweeping bow; he is flamboyant.

The flamboyant magician wore a purple cape covered in silver stars.

In context Her quiet sister dressed in gray, but Rosa was flamboyant: she wore a feathered hat, sang on the bus and greeted everyone with a sweeping bow.

Similar showy, flashy, colorful, loud

Opposite modest, restrained, subdued

From French flamboyant, “flaming,” from flamboyer (to blaze).

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