frothy
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
frothy
adj 1: emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or
fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy)
beer" [syn: {bubbling}, {bubbly}, {foaming}, {foamy},
{frothy}, {effervescing}, {spumy}]
2: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile
effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of
sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: {bubbling}, {effervescent},
{frothy}, {scintillating}, {sparkly}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Frothy \Froth"y\, a. [Compar. {Frothier}; superl. {Frothiest}.]
1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light
bubbles; spumous; foamy.
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2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. --Bacon.
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3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a
frothy speaker or harangue. --Tillotson.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "frothy":
airy, asinine, barmy, birdbrained, birdwitted, brave, bravura,
braw, bubbly, catchpenny, chichi, daring, dashing, downy, dressy,
empty, ethereal, exhibitionistic, fatuous, featherbrained,
feathery, flashing, flashy, flaunting, flighty, flimsy, fluffy,
foam-flecked, foamy, foolish, fribble, fribbling, frilly,
frivolous, futile, gallant, gay, glittering, gossamery, heady,
idle, imponderous, inane, jaunty, jazzy, lathery, leger, light,
light as air, lighter than vanity, mousse, nugacious, nugatory,
otiose, rakish, shallow, shallow-headed, shallow-minded,
shallow-pated, shallow-witted, showy, silly, slender, slight,
snazzy, soapsuddy, soapsudsy, soapy, souffle, splashy, splurgy,
sporty, spumose, spumous, spumy, suddy, sudsy, superficial,
trifling, trite, trivial, unheavy, unprofound, vacuous, vain,
vapid, volatile, weightless, windy, yeasty
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