garishness
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gar·ish
(gâr′ĭsh, găr′-)adj.
Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way; gaudy.
[Origin unknown.]
gar′ish·ly adv.
gar′ish·ness n.
Synonyms: garish, flashy, gaudy1, loud, tawdry
These adjectives mean tastelessly showy: garish colors; a flashy ring; a gaudy costume; a loud sport shirt; tawdry ornaments.
These adjectives mean tastelessly showy: garish colors; a flashy ring; a gaudy costume; a loud sport shirt; tawdry ornaments.
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Noun | 1. | garishness - tasteless showiness tastelessness - inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste |
2. | garishness - strident color or excessive ornamentation ugliness - qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses |
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Translations
بَهْرَجَه
křiklavost
skrigen
e-î sem er glannalegt/yfirgengilegt
krikľavosť
cafcaflı olmasüslülük
garishness
[ˈgɛərɪʃnɪs] N [of clothes, décor] → chabacanería f, ordinariez f, lo charro (LAm) ; [of colours, light] → estridencia fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
garishness
n (pej) → grelle or schreiende Farben pl; (of colours, illuminations) → Grellheit f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
garish
(ˈgeəriʃ) adjective unpleasantly bright or showy. His shirts are very garish.
ˈgarishly adverbˈgarishness noun
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