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[ gair-ish, gar- ] / ˈgɛər ɪʃ, ˈgær- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR garish ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivecrudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings. dressed in or ornamented with bright colors. excessively bright; glaring. Origin of garish1535–45; earlier gaurish, perhaps equivalent to obsolete gaure “to stare” (Middle English gauren, from Old Norse ) + -ish1 SYNONYMS FOR garishSEE SYNONYMS FOR garish ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for garish1. See gaudy1. OTHER WORDS FROM garishgar·ish·ly, adverbgar·ish·ness, nounWords nearby garishgargoylism, gari, garibaldi, Garibaldi, Giuseppe, garigue, garish, garland, garlic, garlicky, garlic mustard, garment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for garishThe entire structure has been newly painted in a variety of garish colors. Pablo Escobar’s Private Prison Is Now Run by Monks for Senior Citizens|Jeff Campagna|June 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was like Halloween for a decade, and the colors were garish, and the style was just phenomenal for us to look back on. ‘American Hustle’ Cast On Hairdos, the Jennifer Lawrence & Amy Adams Kiss, and More|Marlow Stern|December 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST Named after the British actress Jane Birkin, the handbag has no garish logos. The Language of Margaret Thatcher’s Handbags|Robin Givhan|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST The value of these terms lies in their baroqueness, in the way they pile up upon each other like garish baubles. Not Much New in Douglas Rushkoff’s Reading of the Future|Jacob Silverman|March 26, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The extensive wood carvings inside and outside will be painted in garish colors, like this family room shown in a finished home. What's Better: Cell Phones or Indoor Toilets?|Megan McArdle|January 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST "It seems to be shrinking from the garish light of day," suggested Happie. Six Girls and Bob|Marion Ames Taggart Through the perfumed air and the garish light tore the crashing notes of the great band. Carmen Ariza|Charles Francis Stocking Our sober Spey, in the matter of salmon fly-hooks, is gradually yielding to the garish influence of the times. Camps, Quarters and Casual Places|Archibald Forbes Having done so, she lighted every candle and lamp—flooding the place with a garish mockery of brightness. Stories by American Authors, Volume 3|Various It was horrible to have met this garish embodiment of his past on the very threshold of his fair future. The Happy Hypocrite|Max Beerbohm
British Dictionary definitions for garish
adjectivegay or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; gaudy Derived forms of garishgarishly, adverbgarishness, nounWord Origin for garishC16: from earlier gaure to stare + -ish Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to garishgaudy, ostentatious, vulgar, showy, ornate, glittering, blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, glaring, loud, meretricious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, tawdry, kitschy |