blingish

blingish

English

Etymology

From bling +‎ -ish

Adjective

blingish (comparative more blingish, superlative most blingish)

1. (informal) Characteristic of bling; showy; ostentatious
   • 2006, Waitrose Food Illustrated:

     Certainly, a busy restaurant is up to not much more than overpresentcd cocktail canapés and certainly doesn't satisfy anybody with a reasonable appetite. The place is usually overdecoratcd in a semi-traditional, blingish sort of way and has a [...]

   • 2009, David Cross, I Drink for a Reason:

     Basically so that she could feel better about herself for this simple blingish act as opposed to feeling better about herself and inflating her worth through an act of charity.

   • 2009, Stuart Maconie, Adventures on the High Teas: In Search of Middle England:

     They roam the streets, the older ones swathed in Nicole Farhi, Hobbs and Monsoon, the younger ones slightly brittle-looking and blingish in designer sunglasses that probably cost the price ofa second-hand car.

   • 2013, Amy Barendt, My Wife, My Life:

     She likes blingish rings. So I got it for her, she didn't know that I got it for her. I was going to wait for the right time to give it to her.

   • 2014, Jim Whiting, The Story of No Limit Records:

     P brought Louisiana hiphop to the radio and lined the racks of Sam Goodys everywhere with blindingly blingish Pen N Pixel covers, releasing well over 100 albums during a relatively short reign [...]