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colorfulhaving many bright colors

Part of speech: ADJECTIVE

Definition: having many bright colors

Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈkʌlərfəl/

Example Sentences

  • My grandmother's colorful stories about her youth always make us laugh.
  • The CEO used some colorful language when he saw the quarterly report.
  • The peacock displayed its colorful feathers to attract a mate.

colorful

ADJECTIVE

[/ˈkʌlərfəl/]

having many bright colors

a cheerful artist arranges dozens of paint tubes and brushes across her table. She squeezes red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and orange paint onto her large palette. The wet paints mix and blend creating rainbow swirls and patterns. Her canvas displays a magnificent landscape filled with every color imaginable. Festival visitors gather around her booth, pointing excitedly at the brilliant artwork. Children nearby hold balloons in matching bright hues while wearing rainbow face paint.  having many bright colors in a spectacular display
💡 Concept

a cheerful artist arranges dozens of paint tubes and brushes across her table. She squeezes red, blue, yellow, green, purple, and orange paint onto her large palette. The wet paints mix and blend creating rainbow swirls and patterns. Her canvas displays a magnificent landscape filled with every color imaginable. Festival visitors gather around her booth, pointing excitedly at the brilliant artwork. Children nearby hold balloons in matching bright hues while wearing rainbow face paint. having many bright colors in a spectacular display

Colorful strokes create something wonderful and powerful!
🎵 Rhyme

Colorful strokes create something wonderful and powerful!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ˈkʌlərfəl/
🇬🇧 UK/ˈkʌləfʊl/

🌳Etymology

Rootcolor
Suffix--ful

🎵Rhyme

powerfulwonderfulbeautiful
powerful
wonderful
beautiful

🔗Collocations

colorful personality
colorful language
colorful history
colorful character
colorful festival
colorful garden

📝Examples

My grandmother's colorful stories about her youth always make us laugh.

😄 Fun example

The CEO used some colorful language when he saw the quarterly report.

The peacock displayed its colorful feathers to attract a mate.

😄 Fun example

My boss has a colorful past - he used to be a circus performer!

📚Related Words

Synonyms

vibrantbrightvividmulticoloredrainbow-colored

Antonyms

colorlessdullbland

Related

rainbowspectrumpalettehueshade

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