FLASHY Meaning of FLASHY in English a. 1.Showy, ostentatious, flaunting, gawdy, tawdry, pretentious, tinsel, glittering but superficial.2.Insipid, tasteless, mawkish, flat, vapid, stale. Soule. Dictionary of English synonyms. Словарь английских синонимов. 2012