gaudy

gaud·y ¹  (gôd)

adj. gaud·i·er, gaud·i·est

Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.

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[Possibly from gaudy (influenced by gaud).]

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gaudi·ly adv.

gaudi·ness n.

Synonyms: gaudy¹, flashy, garish, loud, meretricious, tawdry
These adjectives mean tastelessly showy: a gaudy costume; a flashy ring; garish colors; a loud sport shirt; a meretricious yet stylish book; tawdry ornaments.

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gaud·y ²  (gôd)

n. pl. gaud·ies Chiefly British

A feast, especially an annual university dinner.

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[Middle English gaudi, gaud, prank, trick, possibly from Old French gaudie, merriment (from gaudir, to enjoy, make merry, from Latin gaudre, to rejoice) and from Latin gaudium, enjoyment, merry-making (from gaudre, to rejoice; see gu- in Indo-European roots).]

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gaudy¹

adj gaudier, gaudiest

gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish

[from gaud]

gaudily  adv

gaudiness  n

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gaudy²

n pl gaudies

(Social Science / Education) Brit a celebratory festival or feast held at some schools and colleges

[from Latin gaudium joy, from gaudēre to rejoice]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gaudy - (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college banquet, feast - a ceremonial dinner party for many people Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Adj.	1.	gaudy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
	2.	gaudy - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display flashy, jazzy, sporty, showy colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

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gaudy

adjective garish, bright, glaring, vulgar, brilliant, flash (informal), loud, brash, tacky (informal), flashy, tasteless, jazzy (informal), tawdry, showy, gay, ostentatious, raffish a gaudy orange-and-purple hat
conservative, quiet, elegant, modest, dull, subtle, refined, sedate, tasteful, colourless

Translations

gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] ADJ (gaudier (compar) (gaudiest (superl))) [colour, clothes] → chillón, llamativo; [shop, display] → ordinario, chabacano

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gaudy [ˈgɔːdi] adj → voyant(e)

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gaudy

adj (+er) clothes, paint etc → knallig (inf), → auffällig bunt; colours → knallig (inf)

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gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → vistoso/a, chiassoso/a

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gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → vistoso/a, chiassoso/a

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gaudy

adj gaudy [ˈgoːdi]

very bright in colour a bird's gaudy plumage; gaudy clothes. bont مُبَهْرَج الألْوان ярък křiklavý skrigende farbenprächtig φανταχτερός, χτυπητός vistoso, llamativo, chillón kirev رنگارنگ räikeä criard צַעֲקָנִי भड़कीला napadan, drečav tarka mencolok skræpóttur; glyslegur vistoso けばけばしい 화려한 ryškus, rėžiančių spalvų spilgts; uzkrītošs warnanya terlalu terang dan menjolok mata opzichtig skrikende, sterkt broket/spraglet, grell jaskrawy, krzykliwy vistoso ţipă­tor яркий; кричащий krikľavý pisan drečav färggrann, brokig, prålig ฉูดฉาด parlak renkli, cicili bicili 炫麗的 крикливий بے ذوقی کے ساتھ نمائشی چمک دمک والا loè loẹt 炫丽的