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- Dictionarygaudy/ˈɡɔːdi/
adjective
- 1. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless: "silver bows and gaudy ribbons"
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adjective. us / ˈɡɔd·i, ˈɡɑd·i / Add to word list. having too many bright colors: He was wearing a gaudy Hawaiian shirt. (Definition of gaudy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of gaudy.
The meaning of GAUDY is ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented. How to use gaudy in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Gaudy.
Gaudy definition: brilliantly or excessively showy. See examples of GAUDY used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
1. showy in a tasteless way; flashy; tawdry. 2. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. [1520–30; taken as a derivative of gaud] gaud′i•ly, adv.
