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Meaning:
blatant

(of bad behaviour, telling a lie) obvious and without caring; without regret

obvious; brazen

camp

a place where tourists, soldiers, explorers etc live in tents or huts

consciously affecting the unfashionable, weird, or bizarre

elaborate

having much detail

intricate; involved

elegant

showing, having, done with, good taste in design, style, movement, behaviour etc

beautiful, tasteful

extravagant

(in the habit of) wasting money etc; (of ideas, speech, behaviour) going beyond what is reasonable; not properly controlled

indulgent, wasteful

fancy

(especially of small things) brightly coloured; made to please the eye; not plain or ordinary

extravagant, ornamental

flagrant

(of a crime etc) openly and obviously wicked

flaunting, blatant; without shame

flamboyant

brightly coloured and decorated; (of a person, behaviour, writing style etc) very energetic, lively etc

extravagant, theatrical

flashy

shining and attractive but often a little vulgar

flamboyant, in poor taste

garish

unpleasantly coloured; over-decorated

flashy, tasteless

gaudy

too bright and showy

bright and vulgar

gorgeous

richly coloured; magnificent; giving pleasure and satisfaction

beautiful, magnificent

grand

magnificent; splendid; self-important and proud

impressive, great

grandiose

planned on an impressive scale (often foolishly)

theatrical, extravagant

hyperbolic

of a hyperbola

wordy; flowery in speech

luxurious

supplied with luxuries; very comfortable

affluent, indulgent

ornate

richly decorated; (od literature) not simple in style or vocabulary

fancily decorated

pompous

full of, showing (too much) self-importance

arrogant, egotistic

pretentious

claiming (without justification) great ability, qualities or importance

snobbish, conceited

rhetorical

(too) concerned with the style of speaking and writing and not with the content

wordy; flowery in speech

showy

attracting attention because (too) colourful, bright etc

flamboyant, flashy

snobbish

if, like, a snob

stuck-up, conceited

specious

seeming to be right or true but not really so

misleading

stuck-up

conceited; too proud

snobbish

stylish

having good style; fashionable

fashionable

stylistic

of style

rhetorical

vain

without use, value, meaning or result; having too high an opinion of one's looks, abilities etc

egotistical

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