gaudy
Use Gaudy in a sentence
di adjective, gaud·i·er, gaud·i·est.
1.
brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
2.
cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy.
3.
ostentatiously ornamented; garish.
Related forms
gaud·i·ly, adverb
gaud·i·ness, noun
un·gaud·i·ly, adverb
un·gaud·i·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. tawdry, loud; conspicuous, obvious. Gaudy, flashy, garish, showy agree in the idea of conspicuousness and, often, bad taste. That which is gaudy challenges the eye, as by brilliant colors or evident cost, and is not in good taste: a gaudy hat. Flashy suggests insistent and vulgar display, in rather a sporty manner: a flashy necktie. Garish suggests a glaring brightness, or crude vividness of color, and too much ornamentation: garish decorations. Showy applies to that which is strikingly conspicuous, but not necessarily offensive to good taste: a garden of showy flowers; a showy dress.
2. tawdry, loud; conspicuous, obvious. Gaudy, flashy, garish, showy agree in the idea of conspicuousness and, often, bad taste. That which is gaudy challenges the eye, as by brilliant colors or evident cost, and is not in good taste: a gaudy hat. Flashy suggests insistent and vulgar display, in rather a sporty manner: a flashy necktie. Garish suggests a glaring brightness, or crude vividness of color, and too much ornamentation: garish decorations. Showy applies to that which is strikingly conspicuous, but not necessarily offensive to good taste: a garden of showy flowers; a showy dress.
Antonyms
2. modest, sober.
2. modest, sober.
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Gaudy
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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gaudy1 (ˈɡɔːdɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , gaudier, gaudiest | |
| gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish | |
| [C16: from | |
| 'gaudily1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'gaudiness1 | |
| —n | |
| gaudy2 (ˈɡɔːdɪ) | |
| —n , pl gaudies | |
| (Brit) a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges | |
| [C16: from Latin gaudium joy, from gaudēre to rejoice] | |
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Word Origin & History
gaudy
1520s, from M.E. gaud "deception, trick," also "ornamental bead, rosary" (c.1300), possibly from Anglo-Fr. gaudir "be merry, scoff," from L. gaudere "rejoice." Alternative (less likely) etymology is from M.E. gaudy-green "yellowish-green," originally "green dye" obtained from a plant formerly known
as weld, from a Gmc. source (see weld (n.)), which became gaude in Old French. The English term supposedly shifted sense from "weld-dye" to "bright." Related: Gaudily; gaudiness.
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Example sentences
Gaudy dyes were used for bright and vivid coloring making the pictures seem somewhat non-lifelike.
The entire pack did not go careening over some hillside like lemmings in gaudy costumes.
The human drama is less searing, though of the serviceable sort one is apt to find in these gaudy spectacles.
It was more gaudy, over-the-top allusion than spiritual message.
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