Antonyms for splashy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : splash-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsplæʃ i


Definition of splashy

  • adj showy
Example sentences :
  • It was in his view 'splashy,' and would never get hold of the public.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
  • It was a dark night, the beginning of November, wet and splashy.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Ludlow, Third Series » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • But there are other things that like to feel the warm, splashy drops.
  • Extract from : « The Red Cow and Her Friends » by Peter McArthur
  • The head-sea, in little, splashy waves, began to fill my canoe.
  • Extract from : « Voyage of the Paper Canoe » by Nathaniel H. Bishop
  • The staining was not difficult work but the nails made it splashy and we were pretty well spotted when we finished.
  • Extract from : « How To Write Special Feature Articles » by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer
  • A Dingy, swashy, splashy afternoon in October; a school-yard filled with a mob of riotous boys.
  • Extract from : « The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales » by Bret Harte
  • As residence area, it was splashy; a series of interlocked estates rather than expensive mansions packed closely together.
  • Extract from : « Shock Treatment » by Stanley Mullen
  • The sunset had become a splashy crimson affair, perhaps a bit too theatrical.
  • Extract from : « The Moonlit Way » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Both the Hotel Continental and the Meurice across the road are supposed to be particularly fine and "splashy."
  • Extract from : « On the Fringe of the Great Fight » by George G. Nasmith
  • Would make a harkangel a porkypine; speshul if you've a lamp broke, and the branches are splashy.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 109, 16th November, 1895 » by Various

Synonyms for splashy

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