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flamboyance

See definition of flamboyance on Dictionary.com
  • as inostentation
  • as inpanache

synonyms for flamboyance

  • affectation
  • array
  • boast
  • boasting
  • brag
  • braggadocio
  • bragging
  • bravado
  • demonstration
  • display
  • exhibition
  • flash
  • flourish
  • fuss
  • garishness
  • magnificence
  • pageant
  • pageantry
  • parade
  • pomp
  • pomposity
  • pompousness
  • pretending
  • pretension
  • pretentiousness
  • put on
  • shine
  • show
  • showiness
  • spectacle
  • splendor
  • splurge
  • swagger
  • swank
  • vainglory
  • vaunt
  • false front
  • flaunting
  • grandstand play
  • parading
  • showing off
  • swaggering
  • vaunting
  • window-dressing

antonyms for flamboyance

MOST RELEVANT
  • concealment
  • dullness
  • hiding
  • modesty
  • ordinariness
  • simplicity
  • truth
  • plainness
  • quiet
  • reservation
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How to use flamboyance in a sentence

The fashion industry was boiling over with characters and flamboyant egos.
SAMIRA NASR, A FASHION FIRST AT HARPER’S BAZAAR: ‘I JUST WANT TO BRING MORE PEOPLE WITH ME TO THE PARTY’ROBIN GIVHANFEBRUARY 19, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Where Freireich was brusque and flamboyant, impulsive to a fault, and passionate about every detail, Frei was cool, composed, and cautious, a poised negotiator.
EMIL FREIREICH, A PIONEER OF CHEMOTHERAPY AND A ‘TOWERING FIGURE IN ONCOLOGY,’ DIES AT 93EMILY LANGERFEBRUARY 4, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He allowed Master Sean a certain amount of flamboyance; good sorcerers were hard to come by.
THE EYES HAVE ITGORDON RANDALL GARRETT
There was none of this flamboyance about the Widow Boursier.
SHE STANDS ACCUSEDVICTOR MACCLURE
Then might the bright flamboyance which he gave to Society have made his reign more beautiful than any other—a real renaissance.
THE WORKS OF MAX BEERBOHMMAX BEERBOHM
He gave in his bright flamboyance a passing renascence to Society.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 107, OCTOBER 27TH, 1894VARIOUS
They have a passion for commonplace, and in moments of emotion they fly with unerring instinct into the flamboyance of melodrama.'
THE EXPLORERW. SOMERSET MAUGHAM
They will forgive a certain flamboyance about the author's preliminaries.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 159, NOVEMBER 17, 1920VARIOUS
The beauty of others was vulgarized by the flamboyance of some irrelevant detail, such as hair.
THE DIVINE FIREMAY SINCLAIR
Every turn of her head and of her body displayed a higher flamboyance, a richer audacity, a larger volume of intention.
THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGALMAY SINCLAIR
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