garish
adjective
crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
garishness
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a word derived from
garish.
Example Sentences
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The derby has a “particularly American show of garishness and swagger,” Ms. Kobielski observes in a brief afterword.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
Critics tend to draw a hard line between the early, in-your-face garishness of Cronenberg’s low-budget films and the more polished, less bloody psychological meditations starting with 2005’s “A History of Violence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 24, 2024
Yet their garishness gave him an out with irony-blind censors, to whom he could always explain that he was just trying to make the sitters look prettier.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
Director of photography Alexander Dynan uses a lighting scheme that can best be described as subtly oppressive, almost shroudlike, pressing down on the casino scenes, muting their garishness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
Across his brow a constellation of acne had a new-minted look, its garishness softened by the sepia light.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
