as in flamboyance
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luridness
Noun
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After all, a central function of their work is to produce scenery, as set designers for rap’s theatre of flamboyance.—
Sheldon Pearce,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Yet even as the twists kept coming, the thriller outline was wrapped in the deadpan camp of desperate-housewives flamboyance.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
8 Mar. 2025
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As men’s fashion has become more democratic on the red carpet, there are still clients of White’s who prefer a traditional approach to all the glitz and glamour.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
21 Mar. 2025
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And if that weren’t enough glitz, the cast will now include a two-time Oscar winner.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
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As with Yamamoto-san’s suit, my comfort and pleasure would be the biggest factors here; there would be no room for ostentation.—
Gary Shteyngart,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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The mansion, often considered a monument to Roaring ‘20s ostentation, stretches from the Intracoastal to the Atlantic Ocean.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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Then, with much pomp and celebration, the sheet is ripped away and the car revealed for the world to see.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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Thomas Jefferson converted the State of the Union speech into a written message, regarding the pomp of the speech as too monarchical (sadly, the speech was revived by Woodrow Wilson for exactly that reason).—
The Editors,
National Review,
17 Feb. 2025
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The red carpet, staged across from the theater’s towering marquee, had its own spectacle.—
Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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Buckle up for this globe-trotting, CGI-heavy adventure that combines apocalyptic spectacle and family drama in the least pretentious way possible.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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The launch party is giving Bronner Brothers realness—edge control, elegance, and a hint of old-school ATL pageantry.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
7 Apr. 2025
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That’s a lot of pregame pageantry for one team to take.—
Jon Greenberg,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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But ADs come and go at UNM with little fanfare, and the football team has two winning seasons in the last 17.—
Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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When the Biden administration changed Title IX enforcement to allow men to compete with women, NFHS announced that change to great fanfare and provided its members with explicit instructions on complying with the policy.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
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The 2024 Spectre only got a two-day test drive in Long Beach, CA, earlier this week, but that was enough to experience a warm bath of utter swank, style and power of the electric supercar.—
Josh Max,
Forbes,
27 Nov. 2024
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To tap into their spot’s downtown ethos, the trio tapped industry titan Billy Cotton to design an interior swank enough to match the food at Bridges.—
Alia Akkam,
Architectural Digest,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Luridness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luridness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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