What is "colourful" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does colourful mean in English? Meaning of colourful definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "colourful" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "colourful": striking in variety and interest

Adjective

  • Meaning: striking in variety and interest
  • Example: a colorful period of history a colorful character colorful language
  • Synonyms: colorful colourful
  • Antonyms: colorless colourless
  • Similar: brave braw flashy gaudy gay jazzy many-sided noisy picturesque showy sporty
  • Meaning of "colourful": having striking color

    Adjective

  • Meaning: having striking color
  • Example: colorful autumn leaves
  • Synonyms: colorful colourful
  • Antonyms: colorless colourless
  • Similar: ablaze bright brilliant changeable chatoyant deep fluorescent iridescent prismatic psychedelic rich shot shrill vibrant vivid
  • Also see: chromatic
  • Adjective: British standard spelling of colorful. 1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs. 2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport: And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes 1895, H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner. 2002, news.bbc.co.uk Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.2012 June 9, Owen Phillips, “Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark”, BBC Sport: And Netherlands, backed by a typically noisy and colourful travelling support, started the second period in blistering fashion and could have had four goals within 10 minutes1895, H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.2002, news.bbc.co.uk Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.
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    colourful in English: colourful
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