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 Definitions of gaudy  [ˈgɔ di]  

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

1. (adj.) gaudy
showy in a tasteless way; flashy; tawdry.

2.  gaudy
ostentatiously ornamented; garish.

3. (n.) gaudy
an annual college feast.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L gaudium joy, delight)

Definition of 'gaudy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) gaudy
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

2. (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"

3. (adj) flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display


Definition of 'gaudy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) gaudy
one of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited

2. (noun) gaudy
a feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day

3.  gaudy
ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious

4.  gaudy
gay; merry; festal


Translation of 'gaudy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very bright in colour
a bird's gaudy plumage; gaudy clothes.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bont Arabic flag Arabic: مُبَهْرَج الألْوان Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: ярък
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vistoso Czech flag Czech: křiklavý German flag German: farbenprächtig
Danish flag Danish: skrigende Greek flag Greek: φανταχτερός, χτυπητός Spanish flag Spanish: vistoso, llamativo, chill
Estonian flag Estonian: kirev Farsi flag Farsi: رنگارنگ Finnish flag Finnish: räikeä
French flag French: criard Hebrew flag Hebrew: צַעֲקָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: भड़कीला
Croatian flag Croatian: napadan, drečav Hungarian flag Hungarian: tarka Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencolok
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skræpóttur; glyslegur Italian flag Italian: vistoso Japanese flag Japanese: けばけばしい
Korean flag Korean: 화려한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: ryškus, rėžiančių spalvų Latvian flag Latvian: spilgts; uzkrītošs
Malay flag Malay: warnanya terlalu terang d Dutch flag Dutch: opzichtig Norwegian flag Norwegian: skrikende, sterkt broket/
Polish flag Polish: jaskrawy, krzykliwy Persian flag Persian: رنگارنگ Pashto flag Pashto: جلبلى، خوشاله: دشادۍ يا د
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vistoso Romanian flag Romanian: ţipă­tor Russian flag Russian: яркий; кричащий
Slovak flag Slovak: krikľavý Slovenian flag Slovenian: pisan Serbian flag Serbian: drečav
Swedish flag Swedish: färggrann, brokig, prålig Thai flag Thai: ฉูดฉาด Turkish flag Turkish: parlak renkli, cicili bic
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 炫麗的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: крикливий Urdu flag Urdu: بے ذوقی کے ساتھ نمائشی چم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: loè loẹt Chinese flag Chinese: 炫丽的

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