garish
11garish — adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1545 1. clothed in vivid colors 2. a. excessively or disturbingly vivid < garish colors > < garish imagery > b. offensively or distressingly bright ; glaring 3. tastelessly showy …
12garish — gar|ish [ˈgeərıʃ US ˈger ] adj very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at = ↑brash ≠ ↑subtle ▪ Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste. ▪ garish colors >garishly adv ▪ a garishly painted house >garishness n [U] …
13garish — adjective /ˈɡeːɹɪʃ/ Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish …
14garish — adj. Garish is used with these nouns: ↑colour …
15garish — gar|ish [ gerıʃ ] adjective very bright and colorful in an ugly way: garish colors/pictures/signs ╾ gar|ish|ly adverb ╾ gar|ish|ness noun uncount …
16garish — adjective very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at: Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste. garishly adverb garishness noun (U) …
17garish — adjective garish party decorations Syn: gaudy, lurid, loud, harsh, glaring, violent, showy, glittering, brassy, brash; tasteless, in bad taste, tawdry, vulgar, unattractive, bilious; informal flash, flashy, tacky …
18garish — UK [ˈɡeərɪʃ] / US [ˈɡerɪʃ] adjective very bright and colourful in an ugly way garish colours/pictures/signs Derived words: garishly adverb garishness noun uncountable …
19garish — garishly, adv. garishness, n. /gair ish, gar /, adj. 1. crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration. 2. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings. 3. dressed in or ornamented with bright colors.… …
20garish — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, affected, bedazzling, bedizened, big sounding, blatant, blinding, brazen, brazenfaced, bright, bright and shining, brilliant, cheap, chintzy, colorful, convoluted, crude, dazzling, declamatory …
