glitzy
Other forms: glitziest; glitzier
Something that's glitzy is very flashy and flamboyant, like the glitzy outfit you wear to the prom: a hot pink suit covered in shiny purple sequins.
Glitzy is from glitz, or "glitter" in Yiddish, and the German root glitzern, "sparkle," and it's perfect for describing glittery, sparkly things. You might imagine Oscar parties as glitzy events (and show business itself as a glitzy industry). But there's also an undercurrent of gaudiness implied in the word — an inappropriate amount of glitter and shine: "Can you believe that glitzy outfit he wore to the funeral?"
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tastelessly showy
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Vocabulary lists containing glitzy
With a virus shutting down most of his world aboveground, young Clay O'Brian decides to play in the woods, where he meets an elf-hound that belongs to the People Under the Mountain and an owl-head boy who lives in a hidden village.
During a multi-city press tour sponsored by her favorite popular culture magazine, seventeen-year-old aspiring writer Josephine Wright uncovers a scandal.
Descendants of the Bribri tribe from Costa Rica, teenage brothers Jay and Max Ortiz must deal with the consequences of their violent action in the Minnesota woods.