gaudy
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈɡɔːdi/
:
llamativo
- The room was decorated in a gaudy style, with bright colors and flashy accessories.
He built this gaudy, tacky nouveau riche mansion.
- He built this gaudy, tacky nouveau riche mansion.
- He takes money from people that fund terrorists so that his plane has more gaudy gold on it.
- It was in pursuit of gaudy short term profits
- A lot of people have have used it, but you flipped it like on on a gaudy way with the you talking to her.
- And thank you to this knuckleheaded heart, this Pelican heart, this gap toothed heart flinging open it's gaudy maw to the sky.
- And thank you to this knuckleheaded heart, this Pelican heart, this gap tooth heart flinging open it's gaudy maw to the sky.
Examples
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The statue was gaudy: green with patina, black and white with pigeon and seagull droppings.
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Their colors were gaudy against the green fields and the blue Nullarbor Sea.
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Anything bigger than that would look gaudy.
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I mean, who could miss her in that gaudy ball gown?
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No, it was a huge, gaudy theatrical show.
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It's a little gaudy, isn't it?
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Rather on the gaudy side, don't you think?
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And it was beautiful, sort of gaudy, shiny, like raw silk, but a little shinier.
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I hold in my hand a very gaudy gold Reebok Pump basketball shoe.
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To see the colors, sometimes bright and gaudy, other times somber and melancholy.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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4.1
Very bright or showy in a way that attracts attention
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4.3
Showy in a cheap way that looks bad
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1.8
Too bright and showy in a way that looks bad
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5.6
Very showy with bright colors or too many decorations
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3.7
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
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7.8
A thing that looks showy but is cheap and low quality
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6.7
Very bright and showy in a way that hurts the eyes
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4.8
A bright, showy look that tries to impress people
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8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
8
3.2
Bright or fancy in a way that draws attention
5
7.2
Bold and showy in a way people may find rude
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6.3
Bright and showy in style to attract attention
3
8.6
Being very decorated and showy in style, often with many small details
3
7.4
Showy in a way meant to attract attention
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9.9
Attractive in a bright, showy way but not honest or valuable
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9.6
Looking expensive or stylish in a showy, joking way
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4.7
Having too many things to make it look pretty so it feels crowded or showy
Showy and cheap in a way that looks low quality
Showy but cheaply made and worth little
Shiny with gold or silver and looking showy
Bright and a little showy in appearance
Too decorated so it looks showy and not natural
Bright and loud in a cheap, circus-like way
Antonyms
How Showy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gaudy moved from meaning a joyful party to meaning bright, showy things because people at those parties wore bright ornaments. So gaudy now means overly bright or 'tasteless'.