Definitions for showiness

showiness show·i·ness

Spelling: [shoh-ee-nis]
IPA: /ˈʃoʊ i nɪs/

Showiness is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 218 anagrams from letters in showiness (ehinosssw).

Definitions for showiness

noun

  1. the property or characteristic of being showy.

Origin of showiness

First recorded in 1805-15; showy + -ness

Examples for showiness

"showiness" is common in every trumpery village in the land.

Poverty and showiness, supreme beauty and grotesque ugliness, jostle each other at close quarters.

Gaud′iness, showiness; Gaud′y, an English university feast or festival.

Now she seemed determined to rival him in showiness, to be the partner of his alleged vulgarity.

Lila was shocked and awed by her friend's showiness and indifference.

In point of showiness of stores and bustle, the streets of Philadelphia are far behind New York.

showiness such as that of the big, black-haired, blue-eyed Irishman is enough to "put out" the light of any one else!

Although some other species surpass this in showiness, it is one of the most distinct.

The simplicity of his phrases, his entire absence of showiness or bombast, made his influence indescribably deep and powerful.

As at the South, in the services of Mrs. Marsh here, there was a great disproportion between their showiness and their usefulness.

Word Value for showiness
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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