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flair n. 1 talent, ability, aptitude, feel, knack, genius, skill,
mind, gift, faculty, propensity, bent, proclivity, facility: He
showed a flair for music at an early age. 2 chic, panache,
dash, ‚lan, ‚clat, style, stylishness, glamour, verve, sparkle,
vitality, elegance, taste, Colloq savvy, pizazz or pizzazz,
Old-fashioned oomph: She dresses with great flair.
flak n. flack, criticism, disapproval, censure, abuse, blame,
aspersion, complaint(s), disapprobation, condemnation, Colloq
brickbats: He took a lot of flak from the press for his
comments.
flake n. 1 snowflake; scale, chip, bit, piece, scrap, particle, tuft,
flock, scurf, fragment, shaving, sliver; wafer, lamina,
Technical squama: A flake of slate caught him in the eye.
--v. 2 Often, flake off. scale, chip, fragment; Technical
desquamate, exfoliate: The paint is flaking off on this side.
3 flake out. a collapse, go to or fall asleep, drop off (to
sleep), pass out, keel over: After the game, I flaked out on
the couch for ten hours. b become flaky, act crazy: He flaked
out when he heard the new record.
flamboyant
adj. 1 elaborate, ornamented, ornate, decorated, embellished,
baroque, rococo, florid: We chose a flamboyant wallpaper with
purple peacocks. 2 extravagant, ostentatious, showy, gaudy,
flashy, dazzling, brilliant, splendid, dashing, rakish,
swashbuckling, jaunty; high, wide, and handsome: With a
flamboyant display of swordsmanship, d'Artagnan dispatched his
attacker.
flame n. 1 fire, blaze; conflagration: The flame began to lick about
my feet. 2 passion, fervour, ardour, intensity, warmth, fire,
zeal, feverishness, enthusiasm, eagerness: The flame of love is
still burning. 3 boyfriend, girlfriend, lover, heartthrob,
sweetheart, beau: Linda is an old flame of Trevor's.
--v. 4 burn, blaze, glow, flare: Flaming embers from the
chimney set fire to the roof. Here and there civil unrest flamed
up in the countryside.