Definitions for flair

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Spelling: [flair]
IPA: /flɛər/

Flair is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in flair (afilr).

Definitions for flair

noun

  1. a natural talent, aptitude, or ability; bent; knack:
  2. smartness of style, manner, etc.: Synonyms: chic, dash, panache, verve; oomph, pizazz.
  3. keen, intuitive perception or discernment:
  4. Hunting. scent; sense of smell.

Origin of flair

1350-1400; Middle English French, Old French: scent, noun derivative of flairier to reek ≪ Vulgar Latin *flāgrāre, dissimilated variant of Latin frāgrāre. See fragran

Examples for flair

And it bespeaks a confidence and flair not often attributed to the much-maligned candidate.

He has the flair of the dealer, not the perception of the amateur.

You see, heart counts, and sympathy, and the flair for understanding.

Now Isabelle had a flair for the odd, and she understood her own limitations and her own style.

She does not shy from a fight, and she has a flair for political theater to make Ted Cruz envious.

“He had a flair for the dramatic, to be sure, but it was for more than theatrics,” Clinton said.

“They are motivated by insecurity, fear, lack of imagination and above all, a lack of flair,” he said.

The Virginian flair for political life was thus early in evidence.

There was a flair of vanity in Gaddon that dated back to his English ancestry.

Worn singularly or layered for a more dramatic effect, the thin metal bands evoke an ethnic sort of flair.

Word Value for flair
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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