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    garish
    /ˈɡɛːrɪʃ/

    adjective

    • 1. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid: "garish shirts in all sorts of colours"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGARISH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    (Definition of garish from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) garish | American Dictionary. adjective. us / ˈɡær·ɪʃ, ˈɡeər- / Add to word list. showy or too brightly colored:

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › garishGarish Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GARISH is clothed in vivid colors. How to use garish in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Garish.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGARISH | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. disapproving us / ˈɡer.ɪʃ / uk / ˈɡeə.rɪʃ / Add to word list. unpleasantly bright: a pair of garish Bermuda shorts. Synonyms. gaudy. loud disapproving. Compare. tawdry (LOW QUALITY) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. The qualities of color. analogous. brightly. brightness. colorfully. fluorescent. harsh. muddily. muddy.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGARISH definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › garishGARISH Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Garish definition: crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.. See examples of GARISH used in a sentence.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › garishGarish - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Use the adjective garish to describe something that is overly vivid, bright, showy, and in bad taste — like the DJ's garish outfit that is a flashback to the disco era.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitiongarish adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    Definition of garish adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  9. www.thefreedictionary.com › garishGarish - definition of garish by The Free Dictionary

    1. crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes. 2. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings. 3. dressed in or ornamented with bright colors. 4. excessively bright; glaring. [1535–45; perhaps = obsolete gaure to stare (Middle English gauren < Old Norse) + -ish 1] gar′ish•ly, adv. gar′ish•ness, n.

  10. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › garishgarish - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 2, 2024 · garish ( comparative more garish, superlative most garish) Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s] Synonyms: see Thesaurus: gaudy. The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.

  11. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishgarish | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    garish definition: unpleasantly bright in colour, or decorated too much: . Learn more.