Show·y a.  Making a show; attracting attention; presenting a marked appearance; ostentatious; gay; gaudy.
     A present of everything that was rich and showy.   --Addison.
  Syn: -- Splendid; gay; gaudy; gorgeous; fine; magnificent; grand; stately; sumptuous; pompous.
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  showy
       adj 1: marked by conspicuous display; "a cheap showy rhinestone
              bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad" [syn: splashy]
       2: elaborately or excessively ornamented; "flamboyant
          handwriting"; "the senator's florid speech" [syn: aureate,
           florid, flamboyant]
       3: marked by extravagant display
       4: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
          [syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, sporty]
       [also: showiest, showier]