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adjective
- 1. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless: "silver bows and gaudy ribbons"
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The meaning of GAUDY is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented. How to use gaudy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gaudy.
unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration: gaudy plastic flowers. Synonyms. flash UK. garish disapproving. gimcrack disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. check out phrasal verb. chichi. dressed. exhibitionistically. flamboyance. flamboyant. flaunt. gimmickry. meretricious.
Gaudy is an adjective that means "ostentatious" — in other words, flashy and in your face, and not in a good way. Someone in a gaudy outfit is probably trying too hard to be cool and stylish. Gaudy evolved from the Middle English gaud “deception, trick” in the 1520’s.
unpleasantly bright in color or decoration: gaudy plastic flowers. Synonyms. flash UK. garish disapproving. gimcrack disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. bravura. check out phrasal verb. chichi. dressed. exhibitionistically. flamboyance. flamboyant. gimmickry. meretricious.
gaudy. 2 meanings: gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish British a celebratory festival or feast held at some.... Click for more definitions.
Definition of gaudy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are seven meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun gaudy, six of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
1. showy in a tasteless way; flashy; tawdry. 2. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. [1520–30; taken as a derivative of gaud] gaud′i•ly, adv.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective gaudy, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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