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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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Gaudy means unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration. Learn more about its usage, synonyms and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary and Corpus.
- English (US)
unpleasantly bright in color or decoration: gaudy plastic...
- Gaudy: Italian Translation
gaudy translate: sgargiante, vistoso. Learn more in the...
- Gaudy: Korean Translation
gaudy translate: 천박한. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- Gaudy: Danish Translation
gaudy - translate into Danish with the English-Danish...
- Gaudy: Catalan Translation
gaudy translate: cridaner, llampant. Learn more in the...
- Gaudy: Arabic Translation
gaudy translate: صارِخ / مُبهرَج. Learn more in the...
- Gaudy: Japanese Translation
GAUDY translate: (色・装飾が)けばけばしい, 派手な. Learn more in the...
- Gaudy Spanish Translation
GAUDY translate: chillón, vistoso, llamativo, chillón. Learn...
- English (US)
Gaudy means overly or tastelessly ornamented, marked by extravagance or showiness, or exceptional. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words.
Gaudy means very brightly-coloured and showy, often in a crude or vulgar manner. Learn more about its word forms, origin, usage and related words from Collins English Dictionary.
Gaudy means unpleasantly bright in color or decoration, or having too many bright colors. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, translations, and usage examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Definition of gaudy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
Gaudy definition: brilliantly or excessively showy. See examples of GAUDY used in a sentence.