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adjectivegaudiest, gaudier ˈɡɔːdiˈɡɔdi Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless. silver bows and gaudy ribbons Example sentencesExamples - At night it is gaudy with Japanese lanterns and Mexican music.
- There were days when one was wearing heavy, gaudy clothing, which was invariably a pain to be endured considering the gathering one would be amongst.
- A wife is showing the husband this bathing suit, and he makes a comment about it being gaudy and not liking it.
- It wouldn't surprise me to find that he's wearing mismatched, gaudy socks.
- Is this an authentic moment of historic liberation for Europe, or just another imperial imperative dressed up in the gaudy rags of consumerism?
- Some clowns prefer to wear bright and gaudy makeup, while others have a fondness for ludicrous masks.
- The gem's usual glow and hum was dead, and it looked to be nothing more than a piece of old, tasteless, gaudy jewelry.
- Perhaps through such long experience, the hotel somehow manages to both reek of exclusivity and wealth while dodging gaudy ostentation.
- And that's what it's all about, remember: putting the brakes on gaudy consumerism.
- Its more modern decor can be classified as quite gaudy.
- Her dress was often very gaudy, with bright colors, and a sense of fashion that followed too closely behind fads.
- Who knew dated music, predictable gags, audience participation, gaudy costumes and blinding colours could be this much fun?
- Up to eighteen inches long, these gaudy fish have large plumes and fleshy flaps on their head that mimic colourful reef growth.
- It was a strip of gaudy landscaping in front of a strip mall in glaring bright daylight.
- Their song is not overly musical but has a comforting, undemonstrative British garden nature, not gaudy or showy in any way.
- There were a few people, however, who had on very gaudy, expensive clothing of bright colors.
- He'll flirt with gaudy science-fiction spectacles and then, at the last moment, back away.
- He wore his guilt like a piece of gaudy jewelry, bright and flashy and probably fake.
- But they don't moan, because it's not that big a deal; they simply don their gaudy rags and their dancing shoes and get on with it.
- My family members give me gifts of tacky, gaudy trinkets that I have no use for.
Synonyms garish, lurid, loud, over-bright, glaring, harsh, violent, flashy, showy, glittering, brassy, ostentatious tasteless, in bad taste, vulgar, distasteful, unattractive, nauseating, bilious, sickly informal flash, tacky North American informal bling-bling
Derivatives adverb ˈɡɔːdɪliˈɡɔdəli ‘Nowadays young people want to buy these,’ he said, gesturing to his racks of gaudily packaged, dusty tapes, each of which costs the equivalent of 22 Pakistani rupees. Example sentencesExamples - The women, it turned out on closer inspection, were gaudily dressed.
- Stale is an understatement for the dry and musty-tasting honey-saffron tea cake, hidden beneath a garden scene, all done in gaudily coloured but bland fondant icing.
- Some, gaudily laden with promotional funds, emerge into a welcoming market.
- The roads are clogged with yellow taxis and dirty buses, and trucks painted so gaudily that even the dust can't mute them.
noun ˈɡɔːdɪnəsˈɡɔdinəs It stood in sharp contrast to the gaudiness of the other temples we had visited. Example sentencesExamples - It is his signature, his philosophy and shtick, his declaration that love conquers all, a testament to the gaudiness and foreignness of romance.
- The plush red-velvet setting is just right for an evening that has an extravagant peacock gaudiness but no discernible heart or brain.
- His dress borders on the flamboyant yet never digresses to gaudiness.
- The costumes were bright and colorful without the gaudiness sometimes associated with street theatre.
Origin Late 15th century: probably from gaud + -y1. nounPlural gaudies ˈɡɔːdiˈɡɔdi British A celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members. administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year
Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense 'rejoicing, a celebration'): from Latin gaudium 'joy', or from gaude 'rejoice!', imperative of gaudere. adjectiveˈɡɔdiˈɡôdē Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless. silver bows and gaudy ribbons Example sentencesExamples - My family members give me gifts of tacky, gaudy trinkets that I have no use for.
- Their song is not overly musical but has a comforting, undemonstrative British garden nature, not gaudy or showy in any way.
- Up to eighteen inches long, these gaudy fish have large plumes and fleshy flaps on their head that mimic colourful reef growth.
- There were days when one was wearing heavy, gaudy clothing, which was invariably a pain to be endured considering the gathering one would be amongst.
- It was a strip of gaudy landscaping in front of a strip mall in glaring bright daylight.
- He wore his guilt like a piece of gaudy jewelry, bright and flashy and probably fake.
- Her dress was often very gaudy, with bright colors, and a sense of fashion that followed too closely behind fads.
- Who knew dated music, predictable gags, audience participation, gaudy costumes and blinding colours could be this much fun?
- He'll flirt with gaudy science-fiction spectacles and then, at the last moment, back away.
- Its more modern decor can be classified as quite gaudy.
- It wouldn't surprise me to find that he's wearing mismatched, gaudy socks.
- Is this an authentic moment of historic liberation for Europe, or just another imperial imperative dressed up in the gaudy rags of consumerism?
- At night it is gaudy with Japanese lanterns and Mexican music.
- Perhaps through such long experience, the hotel somehow manages to both reek of exclusivity and wealth while dodging gaudy ostentation.
- But they don't moan, because it's not that big a deal; they simply don their gaudy rags and their dancing shoes and get on with it.
- Some clowns prefer to wear bright and gaudy makeup, while others have a fondness for ludicrous masks.
- A wife is showing the husband this bathing suit, and he makes a comment about it being gaudy and not liking it.
- There were a few people, however, who had on very gaudy, expensive clothing of bright colors.
- And that's what it's all about, remember: putting the brakes on gaudy consumerism.
- The gem's usual glow and hum was dead, and it looked to be nothing more than a piece of old, tasteless, gaudy jewelry.
Synonyms garish, lurid, loud, over-bright, glaring, harsh, violent, flashy, showy, glittering, brassy, ostentatious
Origin Late 15th century: probably from gaud + -y. nounˈɡɔdiˈɡôdē British A celebratory reunion dinner or entertainment held by a college. administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year
Origin Mid 16th century (in the sense ‘rejoicing, a celebration’): from Latin gaudium ‘joy’, or from gaude ‘rejoice!’, imperative of gaudere. |