garishness
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈɡɛrɪʃnəs/
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chillón
- She was charmed, it turned out, by their garishness.
Examples
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The garishness of everything in the restaurant, from the effusive Viennese waltzes to the bevelled mirrors and gilded trimmings, belittles the feelings exchanged there.
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The garishness of the brightly colored neon signs made the street feel overwhelming and chaotic.
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She wore a dress that was beautiful in its design, but its garishness distracted everyone at the party.
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The room was decorated in such garishness that it felt more like a carnival than a cozy home.
Synonyms
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7.5
Flashy style that looks nice but is not deep
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7.7
A very bright and fancy style that attracts attention in dress or manner
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5.6
A bright, showy style that attracts attention and looks cheap
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8.7
A cheap, flashy look that seems low quality
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7.2
Too much bright decoration on clothes or signs that looks bad
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6.5
A style that is very bright or richly decorated to attract attention
A quality of being showy and loud in style that hides simple beauty
A showy, tasteless decoration or piece of clothing
Something that looks bright and attractive but has no real value
A lot of extra decoration that looks showy
The use of very fancy, detailed language or style that feels too much
Antonyms
How Showy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word garishness comes from the same idea as the simpler word garnish, which is about adding bright or showy decoration ('to decorate'). So garishness is the quality of being too bright, flashy, or showy.