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more colorful

ADJECTIVE

brilliant, intensely hued

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bright flashy gaudy hued multicolored rich splashy vibrant vivid

WEAK

chromatic florid gay intense jazzy kaleidoscopic loud motley picturesque prismatic psychedelic showy variegated

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull pale plain simple weak

WEAK

boring colorless drab dreary faded lifeless uncolored uncolorful uninteresting

ADJECTIVE

full of life, interesting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distinctive glamorous lively rich unusual vivid

WEAK

brave characterful flaky gay graphic jazzy picturesque stimulating

Antonyms

STRONGEST

common dull normal standard weak

WEAK

boring colorless drab dreary faded lifeless plain uncolored uncolorful uninteresting

Example Sentences

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Robert Mueller, who ran the FBI from 2001 to 2013, was known to adhere to Hoover’s G-man dress code of white shirts and dark suits, admonishing agents who wore something more colorful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Some use more colorful language than others, for instance, while some attack problems with more analytic depth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

“Some guys are more inclined to spout off and be a little more colorful than others,” Boone said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

Cohen is the city-dwelling Ransom Stoddard as played by Jimmy Stewart in “Liberty Valance,” but with a few more colorful curse words at his disposal than Stewart.

From Salon • May 13, 2024

No more colorful tales from the meteoric rise of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell