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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. 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.

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

    disapproving uk / ˈɡeə.rɪʃ / us / ˈɡer.ɪʃ / 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 colour. analogous. brightly. brightness. colourfully. darkness. fluorescent. harsh. neutrally.

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

    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. neutrally.

  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.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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishgarish 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.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › garishgarish | meaning of garish in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    garish meaning, definition, what is garish: very brightly coloured in a way that is ...: Learn more.