zhing-zhong

9.9

Bright mixed decorations like streamers and lights that look playful and messy

adjective

: zhing-zhong

She loves the zhing-zhong look of colorful streamers and mismatched lights.

Examples

The living room was decorated in a zhing-zhong style for the festival.
Her outfit was quite zhing-zhong with all the bright colors.
His desk is cluttered with zhing-zhong souvenirs from around the world.
The party decorations were so zhing-zhong that everyone loved them!
The living room was decorated in a zhing-zhong style for the festival.
She loves the zhing-zhong look of colorful streamers and mismatched lights.
His desk is cluttered with zhing-zhong souvenirs from around the world.

Synonyms

florid

vszhing-zhong

Formal

4 8.6

Being very decorated and showy in style, often with many small details

is more informal, chaotic, and visually mismatched rather than formally ornate

frou-frou

vszhing-zhong

Archaic

2 9.6

Having a very showy, overly decorated style

is more garish and mismatched in a playful way rather than delicate decoration

zoot

vszhing-zhong

Archaic

1 9.7

Bright, bold, showy clothes or style that attract attention

is more whimsical and chaotically mismatched rather than polished showiness

Antonyms

plain

180 1.0

Simple and not decorated or flavored

subdued

13 4.2

Soft and not bright, like pale colors or quiet sounds

How Garish

outrageous

54 4.2

gaudy

20 5.5

tacky

Informal

76 4.3

zhing-zhong

9.9

whimsical

36 7.4

tasteful

37 3.9

Surface Forms

zhong-zhong positive

Etymology

Zhing-zhong is a playful repeated sound, made of the two parts zhing and zhong, and it feels like 'jingle' or 'bling', bringing to mind lots of small shiny bits. A helpful way to remember it is to imagine a busy, colorful mix of mismatched decorations and lights, which is why zhing-zhong describes a whimsical, garish style.