gaudy
1brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy.
ostentatiously ornamented; garish.
Origin of gaudy
1synonym study For gaudy
Other words for gaudy
Opposites for gaudy
Other words from gaudy
- gaud·i·ly, adverb
- gaud·i·ness, noun
- un·gaud·i·ly, adverb
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Other definitions for gaudy (2 of 2)
a festival or celebration, especially an annual college feast.
Origin of gaudy
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How to use gaudy in a sentence
Ubiquitously dyed in bright and gaudy colors, they unsurprisingly didn’t serve any practical purpose.
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Ignore your GPS and explore the side streets, which will help you circumvent traffic and the gaudy clamor.
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Much like the Taj Mahal, Revel opened in classically gaudy Atlantic City style in April 2012—with a sunrise Champagne toast.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal | Olivia Nuzzi | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTVery few boys in Baltimore had been to bed that night: The show was altogether too gaudy.
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In this narrative, the disgraced former President with his gaudy taste for golden toilets and exotic zoos, is cast as the Joker.
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The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe belated moon stole up from its lair, hovered above the sky-line, a gaudy orange sphere in the haze of smoke.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairNot even in Agra, and certainly not in gaudy Lucknow, had Malcolm seen any structure of such striking architectural effect.
The Red Year | Louis TracyShe laughed at the comedy and wept—she and the gaudy woman next to her wept over the tragedy.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinWe got Fanny a dress on the sly, gaudy black velvet and Duchesse lace.
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British Dictionary definitions for gaudy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈɡɔːdɪ) /
gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish
Origin of gaudy
1Derived forms of gaudy
- gaudily, adverb
- gaudiness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for gaudy (2 of 2)
/ (ˈɡɔːdɪ) /
British a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges
Origin of gaudy
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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