garish
16
6.7
- adjective
- /ˈɡɛrɪʃ/
:
estridente
- So it's not, it shouldn't be really, really garish or really, really dark.
- painted in garish
So it's not, it shouldn't be really, really garish or really, really dark.
- So it's not, it shouldn't be really, really garish or really, really dark.
- Next to the ideas of terroir, the theories that had been presented to control seemed garish and blunt.
- If autumn and winter isn't a time to go crazy on garish, cute and colourful socks, then when is the perfect time?
- But I just thought for any of you that don't like to wear the kind of garish, tacky Christmas jumpers, there is always this and this is just as great.
Examples
-
Bright, harsh lights hissed and flashed garish red, green, and yellow against the oncoming darkness.
Fiction book (2000) -
Well, get out of that garish outfit and find yourself a black suit.
-
But it was all very kind of almost garish, but wonderful.
-
Well... a bit garish maybe?
-
Well, he was a loud and garish man.
-
I let my natural hair color grow out and stopped wearing the garish makeup.
Fiction book (2000) -
Both of them are wearing their garish blazers and dark sunglasses.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the quivering afternoon heat, even the bright daytime blend of garish color was jarring.
Fiction book (2000) -
It's the Ixion Room in the House of Vetti in Pompeii, and you see it here once again in all its garish glory.
-
The walls were covered with weird, garish paintings that seemed to light up the room.
Synonyms
171
5.1
Very ugly and likely to make people feel shocked or disgusted
75
6.9
Being very strange and ugly in a way that shocks or amuses
69
4.1
Very bright or showy in a way that attracts attention
68
4.3
Showy in a cheap way that looks bad
51
1.8
Too bright and showy in a way that looks bad
39
5.6
Very showy with bright colors or too many decorations
37
3.7
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
35
6.5
Being very bright and showy to attract attention
27
7.5
Too big and showy in a way that tries to seem more important than it is
24
7.8
A thing that looks showy but is cheap and low quality
22
5.5
Very bright and showy in a way that looks bad
22
6.5
Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour
15
4.5
Unpleasant to look at
13
4.8
A bright, showy look that tries to impress people
8
8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
5
7.2
Bold and showy in a way people may find rude
3
7.4
Showy in a way meant to attract attention
Very obvious in a way that draws negative attention
Very bright or loud in style to attract attention
Showy and cheap in a way that looks low quality
Too decorated so it looks showy and not natural
Antonyms
How Showy
Surface Forms
Morphology
garish = gar + ish
Although the suffix '-ish' is recognisable, the root 'gar' is not a productive modern English word, so the adjective's meaning cannot be reliably derived from its parts by an average learner.
Etymology
A helpful way to remember garish is to think of garnish, which means 'to decorate'. Imagine decorating so much that it becomes too bright and tasteless, and you have garish, meaning 'too bright or showy in a tasteless way'.