Usually means: Shiny and glittering; attractively showy.
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  1. clinquant: Merriam-Webster
  2. clinquant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clinquant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clinquant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clinquant: Vocabulary.com
  6. clinquant: Wordnik
  7. clinquant: Wiktionary
  8. clinquant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. clinquant: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. clinquant: Dictionary.com
  11. Clinquant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. clinquant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. clinquant: Rhymezone
  14. Clinquant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. clinquant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. clinquant: FreeDictionary.org
  17. clinquant: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  18. clinquant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. clinquant: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. Clinquant: World Wide Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (clinquant)

▸ adjective:  Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
▸ noun:  Dutch metal.
▸ noun:  Tinsel; glitter.

Similar:
adorned, decorated, tinselly, tinseled, clinkant, glittering, spangly, glistering, glitterant, glinty, more...

Opposite:
plain, simple, understated, unadorned

Types:
sequin, spangle, paillette, confetti, more...

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Similar:
adorned, decorated, tinselly, tinseled, clinkant, glittering, spangly, glistering, glitterant, glinty, more...

Opposite:
plain, simple, understated, unadorned

Types:
sequin, spangle, paillette, confetti, more...



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