flaryadj.
/ˈflɛːri/ rare.
Gaudy, showy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > flashiness or gaudiness > [adjective]
fine1526
garish1545
flaunting1567
gawish1567
taffety1597
showful1607
flaming1609
flaring1610
over-brave1620
showish1675
rantingc1685
gaudy1709
showy1712
tinselled1738
kicky1790
flaunty1796
flashy1801
slangish1813
florid1815
tigerish1831
flash1836
flary1841
loud1850
flashy-looking1852
splurgy1852
cheesy1858
flagrant1858
jingo1859
cheesy1863
orchidaceous1864
flamboyant1879
vociferous1883
voyant1906
grandstanding1908
floozy1911
ritzy1919
like a (or the) dog's dinner1927
plush horse1936
kitsch1953
zazzy1961
pizzazz1969
the world > matter > colour > state or mode of having colour > [adjective] > garishly coloured
speciousa1513
'skyring1724
noisy1725
rory-torya1794
flary1841
roary1866
jazzy1917
1841 J. F. Cooper Deerslayer iv Judith likes soldiers, and flary coats, and fine feathers.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 157 They were not so well dressed as their Edinburgh sisters; something flary, glary, colours too flagrant and ill-assorted.
1873 T. Carlyle in Lett. & Memorials J. W. Carlyle (1883) I. 263 Flary, staring, and conceited, stolid-looking girls.
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