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colorful; flashy; splendid

AdjectiveSino-Korean: 華麗 하다

  1. 1

    colorful; flashy; splendid

    Looking good, being beautiful, bright, and shiny.

    Korean definition: 곱고 아름다우며 환하게 빛나 보기에 좋다.

    • I decorated the room with splendid decorations for the party.

    • That woman was wearing large, flashy accessories with lots of decorations.

  2. 2

    luxurious; extravagant

    One's job or life being too luxurious and fancy to be enjoyed by average people.

    Korean definition: 일이나 생활 등이 보통 사람들이 누리기 어려울 만큼 호화롭고 사치스럽다.

    • Royalty of old lived more lavish lives than anyone in the palace.

    • Even my older sister's seemingly glamorous life had a loneliness no one knew about.

  3. 3

    flowery; rhetorical; ornate

    A sentence coming with many modifiers.

    Korean definition: 문장이 수식어가 매우 많다.

    • That novelist's style is somewhat overly ornate, but the content of the novel was excellent.

    • Seunggyu's letter was full of flowery prose decorated with all kinds of fancy words.

  4. 4

    distinguished; glorious; impressive

    Having a lot of great experiences in one's career.

    Korean definition: 경력 등이 아주 많고 대단하다.

    • This round of new employee recruitment drew a flood of applicants with impressive resumes.

    • Our professor has a distinguished career, having written several papers recognized worldwide.