query | Something that is c________ has bright colours or a lot of different colours.Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours. The flowers were colourful and the scenery magnificent. People wore colourful clothes and seemed to be having a good time. ...the sight of dozens of colourfully-dressed people. |
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word | colourful |
full-definition | adjective Something that is colourful has bright colours or a lot of different colours. The flowers were colourful and the scenery magnificent. People wore colourful clothes and seemed to be having a good time. ...the sight of dozens of colourfully-dressed people. A colourful story is full of exciting details . The story she told was certainly colourful, and extended over her life in England, Germany and Spain. ...the country's colourful and often violent history. A colourful character is a person who behaves in an interesting and amusing way. A colourful character, he likes extravagant gestures. If someone has had a colourful past or a colourful career, they have been involved in exciting but often slightly shocking things. More details surfaced of her colourful past as the story developed. Colourful language is rude or offensive language. Bryant is alleged to have used colourful language. |
inflections | colourfully |
cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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