garish
31garish — /ˈgɛərɪʃ / (say gairrish), /ˈgar / (say gahr ) adjective 1. glaring, or excessively bright. 2. crudely colourful or showy, as dress, etc. 3. excessively ornate, as structures, writings, etc. {earlier gaurish, from obsolete gaure stare,… …
32garish — frightened. South …
33garish — adj. 1 obtrusively bright; showy. 2 gaudy; over decorated. Derivatives: garishly adv. garishness n. Etymology: 16th c. gaurish app. f. obs. gaure stare …
34garish clothes — flashy and tasteless clothes …
35Garishly — Garish Gar ish (g[^a]r [i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. {gairish}.] 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. The garish sun. A garish flag. Shak. In . . . garish colors. Asham. The garish… …
36Garishness — Garish Gar ish (g[^a]r [i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. {gairish}.] 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. The garish sun. A garish flag. Shak. In . . . garish colors. Asham. The garish… …
37garishly — garish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
38garishness — garish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
39gaudy — gaudy1 gaudily, adv. gaudiness, n. /gaw dee/, adj., gaudier, gaudiest. 1. brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage. 2. cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy. 3. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. [1520 30; or …
40tawdry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cheap, showy, flashy; loud, garish; tinsel, gimcrack. See vulgarity, ostentation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sleazy, showy, gaudy, garish, tacky*; see also common 1 , poor 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
