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gaudiness

[ gaw-dee-nis ]

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noun

garish or gaudy quality; cheap or tasteless showiness or excessive brightness, colorfulness, busyness, etc.:
Everything these artists make is loud and obnoxious, full of glitz and gaudiness.
In dark-sky parks, the absence of civilization's gaudiness allows the blanket of stars above us to shine through.

First recorded in 1595–1605; gaudy ¹( def ) + -ness ( def )

There was no mistaking this for the gaudiness and gilt of made-for-TV awards shows.

Even in this clear Southern climate, the effect of gaudiness will in time pass off.

There were winters in Florida at sun-flooded resort towns full of gaudiness and gambling and surprising winter-resort people.

The faade is gorgeous yet elegant, of a gaudiness that in this brilliant city of golden sunshine and white walls is not obtrusive.

Evidences of departed grandeur elbow old dirt and new gaudiness.

The matron may wear diamonds or pearls, but must not attempt to emulate the gaudiness of a Queen Elizabeth.

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