Search results
- Dictionarygaudy/ˈɡɔːdi/
adjective
- 1. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless: "silver bows and gaudy ribbons"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration: gaudy plastic flowers. Synonyms. flash UK. garish disapproving. gimcrack disapproving. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Attention-seeking, distracting and showing off. check out. chichi. dressed. exhibitionistically. flamboyance. flamboyant. flaunt. gimmickry. meretricious. negging.
The meaning of GAUDY is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented. How to use gaudy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gaudy.
Gaudy is an adjective that means "ostentatious" — in other words, flashy and in your face, and not in a good way. Someone in a gaudy outfit is probably trying too hard to be cool and stylish. Gaudy evolved from the Middle English gaud “deception, trick” in the 1520’s.
Gaudy definition: brilliantly or excessively showy. See examples of GAUDY used in a sentence.
1. showy in a tasteless way; flashy; tawdry. 2. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. [1520–30; taken as a derivative of gaud] gaud′i•ly, adv.
cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy. 3. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. SYNONYMS 2. tawdry, loud; conspicuous, obvious. gaudy, flashy, garish, showy agree in the idea of conspicuousness and, often, bad taste.
Noun. Filter. adjective. gaudier, gaudiest. Bright and showy, but lacking in good taste; cheaply brilliant and ornate. Webster's New World. Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way. American Heritage. Similar definitions. Twain. And then, there he was, slim and handsome, and dressed the gaudiest and prettiest you ever saw... Wiktionary. Synonyms: trashy.
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.
Definition of gaudy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
gaudy meaning, definition, what is gaudy: clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are ...: Learn more.
