garish
1Garish — 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 day. J.… …
2Garish — is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria s borders with their first two records amaurose pur. and wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag , their third album Absender auf… …
3Garish — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Pop Gründung 1997 Website http://www.garish.at …
4garish — [gar′ish, ger′ish] adj. [earlier gaurish, prob. < ME gauren, to stare] 1. too bright or gaudy; showy; glaring [garish colors] 2. gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc. garishly adv. garishness n …
5garish — I adjective bedizened, blatant, blinding, cheap, cheaply magnificent, coarse, crude, dazzling, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, in bad taste, indelicate, loud, obtrusive, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, showy,… …
6garish — 1540s, possibly from obsolete M.E. gawren to stare (c.1200), which is of uncertain origin (perhaps from O.N. gaurr rough fellow ) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Garishness …
7garish — *gaudy, tawdry, flashy, meretricious Analogous words: resplendent, gorgeous, *splendid: *showy, ostentatious, pretentious Antonyms: somber …
8garish — [adj] flashy, tasteless blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, kitschy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, screaming*, showy, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar; concept 589 Ant …
9garish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
10garish — [[t]ge͟ərɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way. They climbed the garish purple carpeted stairs... Residents have boycotted the restaurant… …
