colourful

colourful
[[t]kʌ̱lə(r)fʊl[/t]]
(in AM, use colorful)
1) ADJ-GRADED Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours.

The flowers were colourful and the scenery magnificent...

People wore colorful clothes and seemed to be having a good time.

Derived words:
colourfully ADV-GRADED

...the sight of dozens of colourfully dressed people.

2) ADJ-GRADED A colourful story is full of exciting details.

The story she told was certainly colourful, and extended over her life in England, Germany and Spain.

...the country's colourful and often violent history.

3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A colourful character is a person who behaves in an interesting and amusing way.

Casey Stengel was probably the most colorful character in baseball.

4) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n If someone has had a colourful past or a colourful career, they have been involved in exciting but often slightly shocking things.

More details surfaced of her colourful past as the story developed.

...a well-known City business man with a rather colourful background.

5) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n (politeness) Colourful language is rude or offensive language.

Bryant is alleged to have used colourful language.

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  • colourful — (US colorful) ► ADJECTIVE 1) having many or varied colours. 2) lively and exciting; vivid. DERIVATIVES colourfully adverb colourfulness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • colourful — BrE colorful AmE adjective 1 having bright colours or a lot of different colours: a colourful display of flowers 2 interesting, exciting, and full of variety: colourful career/life/period etc: Charlie Chaplin had a long and colorful career. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • colourful — /ˈkʌləfəl / (say kuluhfuhl) adjective 1. characterised by bright colour or by many different colours. 2. richly picturesque: a colourful historical period. 3. presenting or suggesting vivid or striking scenes: *Donald Friend has reminded them… …  

  • colourful — adjective a) Possessing prominent and varied colours. 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… …   Wiktionary

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