gaudy English

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What does gaudy mean?

gaudy

— adjective (= flashy) (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

— adjective (= flash, flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry) tastelessly showy a flash car a flashy ring garish colors a gaudy costume loud sport shirts a meretricious yet stylish book tawdry ornaments

— noun (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

Synonyms gaudy synonyms

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showy

flashy

garish

tawdry

loud

ostentatious

tacky

meretricious

jazzy

show off

ornate

gorgeous

gimcrack

gay

flash

variegated

trashy

tatty

strut

sporty

pretentious

pompous

florid

flaunt

flamboyant

fancy

dazzling

colourful

colorful

cheap

brilliant

brassy

wrapped in cheap flattery

vivid

violent

varicoloured

varicolored

ugly

tinselly

tinsel

swanky

striking

spotted

show

rococo

ritzy

rejoicing

rakish

raffish

proud

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Color

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  bright brightly colored brilliant pure gaudy garish vivid flashy fresh intense strong hot

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  colorful multicolored gaudy garish harlequin multihued many-colored many-hued brightly colored variegated polychrome polychromatic kaleidoscope kaleidoscopic play of colors motley pepper-and-salt grizzled mosaic