as in loud
excessively showy
the razzle-dazzle floor show is simply further evidence that Las Vegas doesn't go in for understatement
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Recent Examples of razzle-dazzle
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Sure, there's a lot of razzle-dazzle, but these are real young adults hoping to build generational wealth for their families.
—Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
For all its production razzle-dazzle and hits-packed setlist, the Out of This World Tour is as much about reaffirming what Elliott represents as a groundbreaking rapper-producer, a Songwriters Hall of Famer and hip-hop’s first-ever female Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
Yet those factors both feel secondary to the old-fashioned razzle-dazzle Roan dispenses onstage: the eye rolls, the kiss-blowing, the finger guns, the hair-whipping.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Or is that pure stagecraft and showbiz razzle-dazzle?
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
Sure, there's a lot of razzle-dazzle, but these are real young adults hoping to build generational wealth for their families.
—Axios, 5 Sep. 2024
For all its production razzle-dazzle and hits-packed setlist, the Out of This World Tour is as much about reaffirming what Elliott represents as a groundbreaking rapper-producer, a Songwriters Hall of Famer and hip-hop’s first-ever female Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
—Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024
Yet those factors both feel secondary to the old-fashioned razzle-dazzle Roan dispenses onstage: the eye rolls, the kiss-blowing, the finger guns, the hair-whipping.
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for razzle-dazzle
Adjective
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The keyboard's scissor-switch mechanisms are nearly soundless affairs and a welcome contrast to the loud clacking of a mechanical keyboard.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Throughout the building there are also devices that measure audio levels and can even pinpoint which individual fans are the loudest.Andrew Greif, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Instead of visiting the range on a noisy, busy Saturday, go after work or to a private range.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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All started with the noisy image on the left above, so all are improvements on the original.PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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The route of embalming, viewing, coffin, and burial, at this stage in history, can seem a bit too Egyptian pharaoh—comically false, a parade of pageantry and expense that only goes so far to mitigate the pain of loss.Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
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The other would become the crown jewel of the parade’s unabashedly hokey pageantry: its collection of majestic balloons, beginning with a two-story Felix the Cat in 1927.Michael Callahan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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While its interior design is less flashy than rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini, the aesthetic is pleasing, and outward visibility is excellent.Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 6 Jan. 2023
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If McCarthy falls shorts, that hands leverage to people are every bit as extreme as Greene, though slightly less flashy about it—Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, and Matt Gaetz.Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2023
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Jake Paul is an emblem of a generation starving for purpose while gorging on spectacle.Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
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Even then the Italians loved a spritz In a period of political instability and uncertainty, the Colosseum was conceived as a way to unite the people of Rome under a shared spectacle.Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 19 Nov. 2024
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There was a lot of fanfare leading up to the switch, which was made at 7 a.m. Nov. 15.Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Open enrollment season doesn’t exactly inspire a lot of fanfare, but making an uninformed decision on your elections now could impact your health and finances for the next year.Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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The gaudy designs of fan-favorite heroes were toned down, their costumes shaded in muted tones.Jack King, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
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Textures don’t have to be too gaudy but should add an interesting aspect to your look.Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
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The neo-Georgian mansions of Bel Air or the old-school pomp and glamor of Hollywood Regency?Zoë Dare Hall, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Underneath its papal pomp and regal bearing, this thing is pulp through and through.Nate Jones, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Razzle-dazzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/razzle-dazzle. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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