| Main Entry: |
gaudy |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
bright and vulgar |
Synonyms: |
blatant,
brazen,
brilliant, catchpenny,
chichi*, chintzy,
coarse,
crude,
flashy, flaunting,
florid, frou-frou,
garish,
gay, glaring,
gross, gussied up, jazzy, kitschy,
loud,
meretricious,
obtrusive,
ostentatious,
pizzazz*,
pretentious, putting on the ritz, raffish, ritzy, screaming,
showy, snazzy, splashy, splendiferous, tasteless,
tawdry, tinsel
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Antonyms: |
calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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