# colorful

Pronunciation: US say "KUL-ur-fuhl" /ˈkʌl.ɚ.fl̩/; UK say "KUL-uh-fuhl" /ˈkʌl.ə.fl̩/

## Adjective

1. Having bright, prominent colors in a variety of different shades.
   - Simple: Having lots of bright colors of many different kinds.
   - _The market stalls were piled high with colorful fruits and fabrics._
   - _Coral reef fish are among the most colorful creatures in the ocean._
2. Interesting and full of variety; lively, distinctive, and many-sided.
   - Simple: Lively and interesting, with lots of different and exciting parts.
   - _The biography paints a colorful portrait of a restless inventor._
   - _Her colorful career carried her from journalism into politics and then film._
3. Profane, obscene, or offensive, typically a mild way of describing strong or vulgar language.
   - Simple: A polite way of saying that language is rude or full of swearing.
   - _The station apologized after a guest's colorful language slipped past the broadcast delay._
   - _Dockworkers were once famous for their colorful vocabulary._

## Origin

Formed from "color" combined with the suffix "-ful."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/colorful (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).