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- DictionaryGaud·y/ˈɡôdē/
adjective
- 1. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless: "silver bows and gaudy ribbons"
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. chichi. dressed. exhibitionistically. flamboyance. flamboyant. gimmickry. meretricious. negging.
Definitions of gaudy. adjective. tastelessly showy. “a gaudy costume” synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, glitzy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy. tasteless. lacking aesthetic or social taste. adjective. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display. synonyms: flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty.
2 days ago · gaudy in British English. (ˈɡɔːdɪ ) noun Word forms: plural gaudies. British. a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C16: from Latin gaudium joy, from gaudēre to rejoice.
adj, gaudier or gaudiest. gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish. [C16: from gaud] ˈgaudily adv. ˈgaudiness n. gaudy. ( ˈɡɔːdɪ) n, pl gaudies. (Education) Brit a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges. [C16: from Latin gaudium joy, from gaudēre to rejoice]
Gaudy, flashy, garish, showy agree in the idea of conspicuousness and, often, bad taste. That which is gaudy challenges the eye, as by brilliant colors or evident cost, and is not in good taste: a gaudy hat. Flashy suggests insistent and vulgar display, in rather a sporty manner: a flashy necktie.
Definition of gaudy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. gaudy. adjective. /ˈɡɔːdi/ (comparative gaudier, superlative gaudiest) (disapproving) too brightly coloured in a way that lacks taste synonym garish. gaudy clothes/colours. Topics Clothes and Fashion c2. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Word Origin.
Definition of gaudy adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. gaudy. adjective. /ˈɡɔdi/ (gaudier, gaudiest) (disapproving) too brightly colored in a way that lacks taste synonym garish gaudy clothes/colors. Want to learn more?
