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 Definitions of garish  [ˈgɛər ɪʃ, ˈgær-]  

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Definition of 'garish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) garish
crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes.

2.  garish
excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.

3.  garish
dressed in or ornamented with bright colors.

4.  garish
excessively bright; glaring.

Etymology:  (1535–45; perh. = obs. gaure to stare (ME gauren < ON) + -ish1)

Definition of 'garish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"


Definition of 'garish' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) garish
showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention

2. (adj) garish
gay to extravagance; flighty


Translation of 'garish' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: unpleasantly bright or showy
His shirts are very garish.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: skel Arabic flag Arabic: مُبَهْرَج، زاهٍ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ярък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: espalhafatoso Czech flag Czech: křiklavý German flag German: grell
Danish flag Danish: skrigende Greek flag Greek: (κακόγουστα) φανταχτερός Spanish flag Spanish: chillón, llamativo, estri
Estonian flag Estonian: räige Farsi flag Farsi: زننده Finnish flag Finnish: räikeä
French flag French: criard Hebrew flag Hebrew: צַעֲקָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: भड़कीला
Croatian flag Croatian: drečav, napadan Hungarian flag Hungarian: rikító Indonesian flag Indonesian: norak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: óþægilega bjartur/skrautl Italian flag Italian: appariscente Japanese flag Japanese: けばけばしい
Korean flag Korean: 지나치게 화려한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: akį rėžiantis Latvian flag Latvian: (bezgaumīgi) spilgts; acī
Malay flag Malay: menyilaukan Dutch flag Dutch: hel Norwegian flag Norwegian: grell, prangende
Polish flag Polish: krzykliwy Persian flag Persian: زننده Pashto flag Pashto: ځان ښكاره كوونكى، متظاهر
Portuguese flag Portuguese: garrido Romanian flag Romanian: ţipător Russian flag Russian: броский
Slovak flag Slovak: krikľavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: kričeč Serbian flag Serbian: drečav
Swedish flag Swedish: gräll, skrikig Thai flag Thai: ฉูดฉาด Turkish flag Turkish: cırtlak, cafcaflı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 太過花俏且俗氣的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: яскравий Urdu flag Urdu: بھڑک دار
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: loè loẹt; sặc sỡ Chinese flag Chinese: 过分艳丽的,过分装饰的

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