gaudy
adjective
brilliantly or excessively showy.
gaudiest
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superlativeof gaudy.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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“The Language of Butterflies” is equal parts an ode to the gaudiest of insects—a tribute to butterflies’ beauty, behavior and natural history—and to the scientists and enthusiasts dazzled by them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Real money announces itself by being the gaudiest in any room.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2025
The Times critic Bosley Crowther wrote that the movie offers audiences “the gaudiest layout of gadgets this side of a Florida hotel.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
And, as F. Scott Fitzgerald put it, America went on “the greatest gaudiest spree in history.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2020
She chose the gaudiest one there—four-inch-high ballet dancers in purple tutus, their pink legs pirouetting on a greenish four- in-hand.
From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson
