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| Main Entry: | gaudy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bright and vulgar |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, brilliant, chichi*, chintzy, coarse, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, garish, gay, glaring, gross, jazzy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizzazz*, pretentious, raffish, ritzy, showy, snazzy, splashy, tasteless, tawdry, catchpenny, frou-frou, gussied up, kitschy, putting on the ritz, screaming, splendiferous, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | calm, drab, dull, modest, plain, refined, simple, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brassy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, loud to the senses |
| Synonyms: | arrant, barefaced, blatant, bold, brash, brazen, flashy, flirtatious, forward, garish, gaudy, grating, hard, harsh, impudent, insolent, jarring, jazzy, loudmouthed, noisy, obtrusive, pert, piercing, rude, saucy, shameless, showy, shrill, strident, blaring, overbold, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, circumspect, humble, prudent |
| Main Entry: | extravagant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indulgent, wasteful |
| Synonyms: | absurd, bizarre, costly, crazy, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, extreme, fanciful, fancy, fantastic, flamboyant, flashy, foolish, garish, gaudy, grandiose, immoderate, implausible, improvident, imprudent, inordinate, lavish, ludicrous, nonsensical, ornate, ostentatious, outrageous, preposterous, pretentious, prodigal, profligate, reckless, ridiculous, showy, silly, spendthrift, steep, unbalanced, unconscionable, unreasonable, unrestrained, overpriced |
| Antonyms: | close, economical, moderate, provident, reasonable, saving, stingy, thrifty, unpretentious |
| Main Entry: | fancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, ornamental |
| Synonyms: | adorned, baroque, chichi*, complicated, cushy, custom, decorative, deluxe, elaborate, elegant, fanciful, florid, gaudy, intricate, lavish, ornate, ostentatious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, special, spiffy*, sumptuous, unusual, beautifying, decorated, embellished, frilly, froufrou, garnished, gingerbread |
| Antonyms: | plain, unfancy, unornamented |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flamboyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extravagant, theatrical |
| Synonyms: | baroque, bombastic, brilliant, camp, chichi*, colorful, dashing, dazzling, elaborate, exciting, flaky*, flaming, flashy, florid, gaudy, glamorous, jazzy*, luscious, luxuriant, ornate, ostentatious, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, splashy, sporty, gassy, peacockish, swank, swashbuckling |
| Antonyms: | calm, moderate, modest, restrained, tasteful, unflashy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, jazzy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, catchpenny, glittery, glitzy, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unobtrusive, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | garish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, showy, tawdry, vulgar, kitschy, screaming, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | discreet, modest, normal, plain, tasteful |
| Main Entry: | gorgeous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beautiful, magnificent |
| Synonyms: | attractive, bright, brilliant, colorful, dazzling, delightful, dream, elegant, enjoyable, exquisite, fine, flamboyant, foxy*, gaudy, glittering, glorious, good-looking, grand, handsome, imposing, impressive, knockout*, lavish, lovely, luxuriant, luxurious, opulent, ostentatious, pleasing, plush, ravishing, resplendent, showy, splendid, stunning, sublime, sumptuous, superb, beaut, centerfold, drop-dead, easy on the eyes, lulu, pulchritudinous, splendiferous |
| Antonyms: | homely, ugly, undesirable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jazzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fancy |
| Synonyms: | animated, exciting, flashy, gaudy, lively, salacious, sexy, smart, snazzy*, spirited, vivacious, wild, zippy*, zestful |
| Antonyms: | conservative, simple, unfancy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ornate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fancily decorated |
| Synonyms: | adorned, aureate, baroque, beautiful, bright, brilliant, busy, colored, convoluted, dazzling, elaborate, elegant, fancy, fine, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, florid, flowery, fussy, gaudy, gilded, glamorous, glossy, lavish, luscious, magnificent, meretricious, opulent, ostentatious, overdone, pretentious, resplendent, rich, rococo, showy, sparkling, splashy, sumptuous, superficial, tawdry, variegated, bedecked, embroidered, glitzy, high-wrought, jeweled, ornamented, overelaborate |
| Notes: | ornamental means serving an esthetic rather than a useful purpose, while ornate means elaborately or excessively decorated or adorned |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple |
| Main Entry: | ostentatious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flashy, showy |
| Synonyms: | boastful, chichi*, classy, conspicuous, crass*, dashing, egotistic, extravagant, flamboyant, flatulent, fussy, garish, gaudy, gay, grandiose, jaunty, loud, obtrusive, pompous, pretentious, spectacular, splashy, sporty, swanky*, theatrical, vain, vulgar, exhibitionistic, flaunted, glittery, highfaluting*, peacocky, splurgy, swank, tinsel*, tony, uptown |
| Antonyms: | modest, plain, quiet, reserved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pretentious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | snobbish, conceited |
| Synonyms: | affected, arty, assuming, aureate, big*, bombastic, chichi*, conspicuous, exaggerated, extravagant, feigned, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, flowery, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown*, hollow, imposing, inflated, jazzy*, lofty, magniloquent, mincing, ornate, ostentatious, overblown, pompous, rhetorical, showy, specious, splashy, stilted, tumid, turgid, utopian, vainglorious, euphuistic, high-sounding, highfaluting*, la-di-da, overambitious, puffed up, put-on, swank, too-too |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, unconceited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, makeshift, mean, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy*, second-rate*, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, discreditable, junky, not up to snuff, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | showy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, flashy |
| Synonyms: | classy, dashing, flash, garish, gaudy, glaring, histrionic, jazzy*, loud, luxurious, meretricious, opulent, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, pompous, pretentious, resplendent, sensational, snazzy*, splashy, sumptuous, tawdry, peacocky, screaming, splendiferous, swank, tinsel*, tony |
| Antonyms: | dismal, drab, gloomy, moderate, restrained |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sporty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | casual; flashy |
| Synonyms: | brazen, flamboyant, flaunting, gaudy, glittering, informal, jazzy*, loud, natty, ornate, showy, snazzy, glittery, glitzy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, faded, frumpy*, gaudy, inelegant, mangy*, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky*, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar, down-at-heel, unstylish |
| Antonyms: | classy, expensive, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tawdry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, chintzy*, common, crude, dirty, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glaring, glittering, jazzy, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, offensive, plastic, poor, raffish, showy, sleazy*, sporty, tacky*, vulgar, flaring, glitzy, junky, screaming, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | nice, sophisticated, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | two-bit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, worth very little |
| Synonyms: | base, cheesy, crappy*, garbage, gaudy, inferior, lousy, piddling, poor, ratty, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, small-time*, trashy, valueless, worthless, catchpenny, cruddy, junky, no good, rinky-dink, tatty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gilt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gilded |
| Synonyms: | gaudy, glittering, golden, lustrous, meretricious, painted, shiny, showy, sparkling, specious, alloyed, gleaming, overlaid, plated, tinsel, tinseled, varnished |
| Main Entry: | blatant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obvious; brazen |
| Synonyms: | arrant, bald, barefaced, brassy, clear, conspicuous, crying, flagrant, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, glaring, impudent, loud, meretricious, naked, obtrusive, ostentatious, outright, overt, plain, prominent, pronounced, shameless, sheer, showy, snazzy, unmitigated, glitzy, overbold, protrusive, screaming, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | inconspicuous, quiet, subtle, unpronounced |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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