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Definition of "flossy" [floss•y]

  • Superficially stylish; slick: wrote flossy articles about the lifestyles of the rich. (adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or resembling floss. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "flossy" in a sentence
  • "Would it not be better if you allow me to submit my material in my customary form and then turn it over to Carol, a damned brilliant girl, to inject the kind of flossy conclusions your readers have come to expect?"
  • "Shyheim On The Raekwon Conflict, His History With The Wu And His Untimely Prison Term [audio] russel simmons said: "wow this card is really neat it has diamonds on the front so i look cool and" flossy "now i am a player. thank you rush card for making all my ......" on"
  • "The World Cup winner was nicknamed Der Afro after his flossy hair, though he might as justifiably have been dubbed Der Aggro in honour of a stirring ability that suggested a past life as a Magimix."
Words like "flossy"
ash-blond
caramel-colored
chestnut-brown cloudlike
downy
event-dispatching
eye-burning
flossier
soft unspun
veil-like
whitish-gray