FLAMBOYANTLY Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

flamboyantly

adverb

Definition of flamboyantly

as in ostentatiously

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Recent Examples of flamboyantly Rooms are decorated with minibars crafted in Jaipur, flamboyantly upholstered chairs, Murano-glass chandeliers, and marbled wallpaper sourced and crafted in Italy. — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026 Sister Daphne belongs to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, an LGBTQ+ group made up mostly of people who dress flamboyantly as nuns. — ABC News, 25 July 2026 The experience of the drink is composed, elegant even, a sophisticated push and pull subtlety and counterbalance, but the list of ingredients reads, to me, to be almost flamboyantly random. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 11 July 2026 And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026 Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 Across medieval Europe, aristocrats repeatedly set off fashion fads and scandals by wearing poulaines, shoes whose flamboyantly elongated pointed toes could stretch far beyond the natural length of their feet. — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026 In his social orbit are a flamboyantly gay colleague played by Mason Gooding and a roommate questioning her own sexuality, played by Chase Sui Wonders. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2026 The novel keeps the illusion running with great skill, but it’s also flamboyantly patterned, in ways both large and small. — Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026

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Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.

— Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.

— Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026

Definition of ostentatiously

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Last week, law enforcement in the city of Kirkland, Washington (just northeast of Seattle) responded to a 911 call from a resident reporting loud banging inside their home.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 2 Sep. 2026
Reading the letters myself and seeing players read out loud with tears in their eyes provided a powerful example what can happen when parents express their true feelings.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of loud

Adverb

Fans of tiki bars, their goal was a web series, one that looked at the colorfully decorative tropical bars in Southern California.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
All this scattershot world-building and world-visiting allows for some colorfully diverting vignettes, in which production designer Alexandra Walker and costume designer Ann Maskrey get to show off their giddy, gaudy wares.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of colorfully

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Others work automatically whenever the canine barks too loudly or too much.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
It was crowded with guests like Schrader, Chloë Sevigny, and Alessandro Nivola spilling out into the restaurant, drinking and reminiscing quite loudly about their work with Killer over the years.

— Rachel Handler, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026

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