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Antonyms for showiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shoh-ee-nis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊ i nɪs

Definition of showiness

As in ostentation : noun exhibitionism, flashiness
As in pretension : noun airs, snobbishness
As in glister : noun glitter
As in grandioseness : noun pretentiousness
As in grandiosity : noun pretentiousness
As in jocoseness : noun gaiety
As in jocularity : noun gaiety
As in jocundity : noun gaiety
As in jolliness : noun gaiety
As in joviality : noun gaiety
As in merriness : noun gaiety
As in mirthfulness : noun gaiety
As in pompousness : noun pretentiousness
As in resplendence : noun glitter
As in resplendency : noun glitter
As in scintillation : noun glitter
As in sumptuousness : noun glitter
As in frippery : noun waste, nonsense
As in gaiety : noun happiness, celebration
As in glitter : noun brilliance, sparkle

Example sentences :

Lila was shocked and awed by her friend's showiness and indifference.
Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris

"Showiness" is common in every trumpery village in the land.
Extract from : « Village Improvements and Farm Villages » by George E. Waring

Showiness such as that of the big, black-haired, blue-eyed Irishman is enough to "put out" the light of any one else!
Extract from : « Miss Million's Maid » by Bertha Ruck

In point of showiness of stores and bustle, the streets of Philadelphia are far behind New York.
Extract from : « Travels Through North America, v. 1-2 » by Berhard Saxe-Weimar Eisenach

Gaud′iness, showiness; Gaud′y, an English university feast or festival.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various

The simplicity of his phrases, his entire absence of showiness or bombast, made his influence indescribably deep and powerful.
Extract from : « We Two » by Edna Lyall

Now she seemed determined to rival him in showiness, to be the partner of his alleged vulgarity.
Extract from : « Mr. Prohack » by E. Arnold Bennett

Although some other species surpass this in showiness, it is one of the most distinct.
Extract from : « Trees and Shrubs for English Gardens » by Ernest Thomas Cook

Poverty and showiness, supreme beauty and grotesque ugliness, jostle each other at close quarters.
Extract from : « Spanish Vistas » by George Parsons Lathrop

As at the South, in the services of Mrs. Marsh here, there was a great disproportion between their showiness and their usefulness.
Extract from : « Woman's Work in the Civil War » by Linus Pierpont Brockett

Synonyms for showiness

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