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- Dictionarygaudy/ˈɡɔːdi/
adjective
- 1. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless: "silver bows and gaudy ribbons"
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unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration: gaudy plastic flowers. Synonyms. flash UK. garish disapproving. gimcrack disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. check out. chichi. dressed. exhibitionistically. flamboyance. flamboyant. flaunt. gimmickry. meretricious. negging.
The meaning of GAUDY is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented. How to use gaudy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gaudy.
Gaudy is an adjective that means "ostentatious" — in other words, flashy and in your face, and not in a good way. Someone in a gaudy outfit is probably trying too hard to be cool and stylish. Gaudy evolved from the Middle English gaud “deception, trick” in the 1520’s.
unpleasantly bright in color or decoration: gaudy plastic flowers. Synonyms. flash UK. garish disapproving. gimcrack disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. bravura. check out. chichi. dressed. exhibitionistically. flamboyance. flamboyant. gimmickry. meretricious. negging.
Gaudy definition: brilliantly or excessively showy. See examples of GAUDY used in a sentence.
1. showy in a tasteless way; flashy; tawdry. 2. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. [1520–30; taken as a derivative of gaud] gaud′i•ly, adv.
cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy. 3. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. SYNONYMS 2. tawdry, loud; conspicuous, obvious. gaudy, flashy, garish, showy agree in the idea of conspicuousness and, often, bad taste.
Jun 2, 2024 · Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner. ( obsolete) Fun; merry; festive . Synonyms. [ edit] (excessively showy): tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy. Thesaurus:gaudy. Derived terms. [ edit]
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gaudy. adjective. uk / ˈɡɔːdi / us. Add to word list Add to word list. unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration: a gaudy pink sweatshirt with gold embroidery. (Definition of gaudy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
