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garishness

noun

1. tasteless showiness

• Syn:

↑flashiness, ↑gaudiness, ↑loudness, ↑brashness, ↑meretriciousness, ↑tawdriness, ↑glitz

• Derivationally related forms: ↑tawdry (for: ↑tawdriness), ↑meretricious (for: ↑meretriciousness), ↑loud (for: ↑loudness), ↑gaudy (for: ↑gaudiness), ↑garish, ↑flashy (for: ↑flashiness)

• Hypernyms: ↑tastelessness

2. strident color or excessive ornamentation

• Syn: ↑gaudiness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑gaudy (for: ↑gaudiness), ↑garish

• Hypernyms: ↑ugliness

Useful english dictionary. 2012.