Antonyms for flamboyant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : flam-boi-uh nt

Phonetic Transcription : flæmˈbɔɪ ənt

Definition of flamboyant

Origin : 1832, first used of a 15c.-16c. architectural style with flame-like curves, from French flamboyant "flaming, wavy," present participle of flamboyer "to flame," from Old French flamboier (12c.), from flambe "flame," from flamble, variant of flamme, from Latin flammula (see flame (n.)). Extended sense of "showy, ornate" is 1879. Related: Flamboyantly.

adj extravagant, theatrical

Example sentences :

Only, there was an over-elaboration, so that the ensemble was flamboyant.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

There was no forgetting the flamboyant brilliancy of her apparel.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

It was flamboyant and showy; cheap, and tawdrily pretentious.
Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini

They sent off telegrams of the most flamboyant kind about our Puritan forefathers.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

The apse is flamboyant, as are also the windows of the south transept.
Extract from : « The Cathedrals of Northern France » by Francis Miltoun

Her eyes were a tawny brown; her hair a flamboyant auburn mop.
Extract from : « Masters of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith

His was so flamboyant, while yours has a certain reserve and distinction.
Extract from : « Molly Brown's Orchard Home » by Nell Speed

Raffish and flamboyant, he lounged forward to the window of the carriage.
Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine

Flamboyant windows were a natural, technical development of Gothic.
Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey

The Shamash (beadle) was seen to front the flamboyant invaders.
Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill

Synonyms for flamboyant

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