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Definition of glitzy in English: glitzyadjectiveglitziest, glitzier ˈɡlɪtsiˈɡlɪtsi informal Attractive in a showy and often superficial way. Example sentencesExamples - Optical showrooms have turned snazzy, and their interiors and exteriors glitzy.
- She wore glitzy plastic bracelets around her wrists and cute smilies dangled from her ears.
- However, there's a lot more to staging a concert for 35,000 people than just conjuring up a glitzy stage.
- Wear an embellished belt or glitzy cuffs with a plain knit or skirt, and use black to counterbalance an opulent shoe or bag.
- Too often the originality has been squeezed out of the shows, leaving a hollow, albeit glitzy, commercial juggernaut.
- What a contrast it was to get back to our grotty hotel after such a glitzy day.
- All tickets are booked, the glitzy hotel has been booked, and I will be flying up there this Friday, around mid day.
- Want to know what is happening behind the scenes in the glitzy world of Bollywood and Hollywood?
- So, despite all those glitzy hotels, it will be months before the destination as a whole feels remotely elegant.
- On the other hand, we see a different picture, in which youngsters go overboard about fashion and a glitzy life style.
- Many have been immortalised on film, from the glitzy hustle of Las Vegas to the wintry baroque of Prague.
- The supermarket, still in process of refurbishment, has re-opened its glitzy new coffee shop, so I took my lunch there.
- If you're wondering where I am tonight, I'll be in my hometown's premiere glitzy theatre, living the dream here.
- Its dubious merits and glitzy, vacuous plot aside, it is a film, on one level at least, about having everything and feeling nothing.
- The weekend is downsized to being a jazzy, glitzy flamboyant festival.
- They are successful enough to switch their mobiles off at the weekend and prefer hanging out with good friends to glitzy bars and restaurants.
- Maybe I'll get to wear a fancy frock and go to a glitzy ceremony in LA.
- And she brought this glitzy top… Do you think a feather boa would look right?
- The glitzy banner adorning the incomplete wall has four large Chinese characters.
- Even the state's lack of glitzy metropolitan areas contributes to its appeal.
Synonyms elaborate, ornate, ornamented, ornamental, decorated, decorative, adorned, embellished, intricate, baroque, rococo, fussy, busy
Derivativesadverb informal Where the heroes of the Risorgimento met in the nineteenth century, this rather glitzily restored café with gilt pilasters and an immense chandelier combines a restaurant and ice cream parlour. Example sentencesExamples - The seven deck high atrium acts as the internal focal point leading to the glitzily decorated public rooms and facilities.
- For the most part, life here is lived much as it has been since time immemorial: decadently, stylishly and glitzily, all under bliss-inducing, cloudless skies.
- A spotlight cuts its way onto the dark stage, and, the crowd roaring, into the light bounds the glitzily dressed superstar - Franz Liszt.
- There's also a wonderfully kitschy, pointed altar arch, and a sequence of glitzily Baroque side chapels.
noun informal But there's character beneath its new upmarket glitziness; it's not like the bland and polished malls you find further up the coast. Example sentencesExamples - Indeed, such is the extent of the event's glitziness that the defence secretary will be its starring guest speaker.
- The grandeur of the old city is matched by the glitziness of modern Lahore.
- The effect is like combining the highest culinary aspirations with the vaguely desperate glitziness of a downtown nightclub.
- Undoubtedly, this phenomenon is yet another indication of the glitziness, superficiality and shallowness, which characterizes modern society.
Origin1960s (originally a North American usage): from glitter, suggested by ritzy, and perhaps also by German glitzerig 'glittering'. Rhymesditzy, itsy-bitsy, Mitzi, ritzy, Uffizi Definition of glitzy in US English: glitzyadjectiveˈɡlitsēˈɡlɪtsi informal Ostentatiously attractive (often used to suggest superficial glamour) 〈非正式〉浮华的；浮艳的 I wanted something glitzy to wear to the launch party 我想穿些艳丽的衣服去参加下水庆典。 Example sentencesExamples - Its dubious merits and glitzy, vacuous plot aside, it is a film, on one level at least, about having everything and feeling nothing.
- Too often the originality has been squeezed out of the shows, leaving a hollow, albeit glitzy, commercial juggernaut.
- What a contrast it was to get back to our grotty hotel after such a glitzy day.
- Want to know what is happening behind the scenes in the glitzy world of Bollywood and Hollywood?
- If you're wondering where I am tonight, I'll be in my hometown's premiere glitzy theatre, living the dream here.
- Optical showrooms have turned snazzy, and their interiors and exteriors glitzy.
- So, despite all those glitzy hotels, it will be months before the destination as a whole feels remotely elegant.
- On the other hand, we see a different picture, in which youngsters go overboard about fashion and a glitzy life style.
- Even the state's lack of glitzy metropolitan areas contributes to its appeal.
- The weekend is downsized to being a jazzy, glitzy flamboyant festival.
- Wear an embellished belt or glitzy cuffs with a plain knit or skirt, and use black to counterbalance an opulent shoe or bag.
- Many have been immortalised on film, from the glitzy hustle of Las Vegas to the wintry baroque of Prague.
- All tickets are booked, the glitzy hotel has been booked, and I will be flying up there this Friday, around mid day.
- They are successful enough to switch their mobiles off at the weekend and prefer hanging out with good friends to glitzy bars and restaurants.
- However, there's a lot more to staging a concert for 35,000 people than just conjuring up a glitzy stage.
- The glitzy banner adorning the incomplete wall has four large Chinese characters.
- And she brought this glitzy top… Do you think a feather boa would look right?
- The supermarket, still in process of refurbishment, has re-opened its glitzy new coffee shop, so I took my lunch there.
- Maybe I'll get to wear a fancy frock and go to a glitzy ceremony in LA.
- She wore glitzy plastic bracelets around her wrists and cute smilies dangled from her ears.
Synonyms elaborate, ornate, ornamented, ornamental, decorated, decorative, adorned, embellished, intricate, baroque, rococo, fussy, busy
Origin1960s (originally a North American usage): from glitter, suggested by ritzy, and perhaps also by German glitzerig ‘glittering’. |