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gaudy

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gaud·y 1  (gôd)
adj. gaud·i·er, gaud·i·est
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.

[Possibly from gaudy (influenced by gaud).]

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.

gaud·y 2  (gôd)
n. pl. gaud·ies Chiefly British
A feast, especially an annual university dinner.

[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).]

gaudy
Adjective
[gaudier, gaudiest] vulgarly bright or colourful [from gaud trinket]
gaudily adv
gaudiness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.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.gaudygaudy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
2.gaudy - (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
colourful, colorful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language"

gaudy
adjective garish, bright, glaring, vulgar, brilliant, flash (informal) loud, brash, tacky (informal) flashy, tasteless, jazzy (informal) tawdry, showy, gay, ostentatious, raffish << OPPOSITE dull
Translations
gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] adjchillón/ona

gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] adjvoyant(e)

gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] adjknallig

gaudy [ˈgɔːdɪ] adjvistoso/a

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 丽的


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But there were vacant seats here and there, and into one of them she was ushered, between brilliantly dressed women who had gone there to kill time and eat candy and display their gaudy attire.
Heaven knows what gaudy sentimental parade we made in our borrowed plumes, but if the travesty had kept itself to the written word it would have been all well enough.
Verily, ever are we drawn aloft--that is, to the realm of the clouds: on these do we set our gaudy puppets, and then call them Gods and Supermen:--
 
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