| NOUN | communication | fanfare, ostentation, flash | a gaudy outward display |
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| communication | fanfare, flourish, tucket | (music) a short / short lively tune played on brass instruments |
| Sounds | fae'nfeh.r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | A gaudy outward display. | |
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| Synonyms | ostentation, flash | |
| Narrower | bravado, bluster | A swaggering show of courage |
| exhibitionism | extravagant and conspicuous behavior intended to attract attention to yourself | |
| pedantry | An ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning | |
| ritz | ostentatious display of elegance | |
| splurge | An ostentatious display (of effort or extravagance etc.) | |
| Broader | display | Exhibiting openly in public view |
| Spanish | charanga, fanfarria, ostentación | |
| Catalan | fanfàrria, ostentació | |
| Meaning | (music) a short / short lively tune played on brass instruments. | |
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| Example | "her arrival was greeted with a rousing fanfare" | |
| Synonyms | flourish, tucket | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrase | A succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence |
| Spanish | fanfarria | |
| Catalan | fanfara | |
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