as in loud
excessively showy
I think that rhinestone-studded outfit is a little too glitzy for church
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Recent Examples of glitzy
Sheffield, 38, celebrated Tuesday night with hundreds of friends, family and supporters at a glitzy event at the MGM Grand Detroit.
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Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For example, Swan Lake, created with Jacki Apple, combines a film noir murder trope with the glitzy alluring language of high-end advertising.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
Audible brought the wizarding world to London for a glitzy launch event and Bob Carrigan, CEO of the Amazon company, told the crowd that the rollout of the new titles will reshape the whole sector.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
The next 12 hours will take us to 10 stops across three of the city’s five boroughs, from a rundown police precinct to a glitzy nightclub, from a subway platform to a taxi-drivers’ gala.
—Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
And yet, amid the VIP boxes at Chiefs games and their glitzy New York City date nights, what stands out (besides their fame) is how refreshingly sincere their romance still seems.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 27 Oct. 2025
Could mean all the glitzy demonstrations at Zhuhai are nothing more than just shows.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Robert Irwin spent three weeks leading up to his Dancing With the Stars debut far from the glitzy Hollywood dance floor.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
As a backdrop for all this contemporary music, the show’s choreography, lighting and glitzy projections combine to create the look and feel of a flashy ’90s-era boy band concert.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025
For example, Swan Lake, created with Jacki Apple, combines a film noir murder trope with the glitzy alluring language of high-end advertising.
—Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
Audible brought the wizarding world to London for a glitzy launch event and Bob Carrigan, CEO of the Amazon company, told the crowd that the rollout of the new titles will reshape the whole sector.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
The next 12 hours will take us to 10 stops across three of the city’s five boroughs, from a rundown police precinct to a glitzy nightclub, from a subway platform to a taxi-drivers’ gala.
—Molly Ball, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
And yet, amid the VIP boxes at Chiefs games and their glitzy New York City date nights, what stands out (besides their fame) is how refreshingly sincere their romance still seems.
—Jenna Ryu, SELF, 27 Oct. 2025
Could mean all the glitzy demonstrations at Zhuhai are nothing more than just shows.
—Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
Robert Irwin spent three weeks leading up to his Dancing With the Stars debut far from the glitzy Hollywood dance floor.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
As a backdrop for all this contemporary music, the show’s choreography, lighting and glitzy projections combine to create the look and feel of a flashy ’90s-era boy band concert.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glitzy
Adjective
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Sounds of loud trilling shouts after silent hunts, and singing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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On screen, Lawrence and Pattinson hurl nonstop insults at each other in loud bursts of verbal warfare, a striking contrast to the duo’s quieter working relationship.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Weber installed bars in multiple disparate locations, and although the bars themselves did display signs of significant amounts of noise, Weber looked for correlations in these noisy signals between bars in different locations.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 Nov. 2025
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With fewer people having children, empathy toward parents—and patience for noisy, curious kids—has waned.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The Packers are leaving plenty of meat on the bone despite that gaudy scoring number, however, and that’s a fault of the head coach and the players.—
Matt Schneidman,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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Her gaudy sales numbers mirror her Eras Tour live statistics, which were similarly Barry-Bonds-on-steroids margins beyond other successful stadium artists.—
Eric Renner Brown,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And while the most exciting developments in defense are being driven by flashy, high-risk California VC investments, the man making the decisions comes from the grimly analytical East Coast world of PE.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Highlight your brand’s value by solving a problem, not just creating flashy posts.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Dancers in ornate pharaonic costumes -- crowned with golden headpieces and holding scepters -- performed to a live international orchestra, as fireworks and drones depicting ancient gods lit up the sky above.—
Ayat Al-Tawy,
ABC News,
2 Nov. 2025
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On Sunday in New York City at the Angel Ball hosted by Gabrielle’s Angel Fund, Blige styled a black lace version of Amina Muaddi’s Camelia style, which features an ornate octagonal crystal embellishment, with a dress from Tony Ward.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This has translated into freakishly unstable songs that spin from garish wubs and witch folk to lullaby-like purrs.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
6 Nov. 2025
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Hedda is nothing if not a showcase for both the star and her director Nia DaCosta, with the latter setting the drama in 1950s English high society and giving everything a garish, gloriously over-the-top aesthetic that suggests Downton Abbey via Baz Luhrmann.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Glitzy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glitzy. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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