Definitions for garish
ˈgɛər ɪʃ, ˈgær-gar·ish

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashyadjective

   tastelessly showy

   "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. garishadjective

   Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.

   The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.

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1. Garish

   garish, formed in February 1997, is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria's borders with their first two records amaurose pur. and wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag, their third album Absender auf Achse gained favorable press and fan reaction. The band was nominated for the Austrian music award "Amadeus" five times (2001, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2010), but never won it.The band's name is an English adjective meaning dazzling, stridently coloured or excessively ornamented, gaudy, ostentatious, tastelessly showy, tacky or in raucously poor taste. Other music projects with garish' band members include "Polman Reisen" (Thomas Jarmer & Matthias Kertal), "Esteban's" (Christoph Jarmer), "...Auf Pomali" (Julian Schneeberger with others), "Bo Candy And His Broken Hearts" (Julian Schneeberger with others) and "The Beautiful Kantine Band" (Markus Perner; 2002 to 2007)

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1. garish

   Garish refers to something that is excessively bright, colorful or showy, often to the point of being tacky, gaudy or in bad taste.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Garishadjective

   showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention

2. Garishadjective

   gay to extravagance; flighty

3. Etymology: [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]

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1. Garish

   garish - formed in February 1997 - is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria's borders with their first two records "amaurose pur." and "wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag", their third album "Absender auf Achse" gained favorable press and fan reaction. Despite German lyrics, it is said that their emotional style of music is their "real language". The band was nominated for the Austrian music award "Amadeus" five times, but never won it. The band's name is an English adjective meaning dazzling, stridently coloured or excessively ornamented, gaudy, ostentatious, tastelessly showy, tacky or in raucously poor taste. Other music projects with garish' band members include "Polman Reisen", "Esteban's", "...Auf Pomali", "Bo Candy And His Broken Hearts" and "The Beautiful Kantine Band"

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Garish

   Gairish, gār′ish, adj. showy: gaudy.—adv. Gar′ishly.—n. Gar′ishness. [Earlier gaurish, gawrish—gaure, to stare, perh. a freq. of gaw, to stare, cf. Ice. gá, to heed.]

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1. garish

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of garish in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of garish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of garish in a Sentence

1. Crissa Hiranaga:

   It makes it look a little bit garish.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=garish
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Garish
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garish
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=garish
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=garish