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Thesaurus: garish

Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.

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  1. a. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.
  2. a. Gay to extravagance; flighty.
  3. adj. tastelessly showy
  4. 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." Shak. "In . . . garish colors." Asham. "The garish day." J. H. Newman. Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. Jer. Taylor. 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty. It makes the mind loose and garish. South. -- Gar"ish*ly, adv. -- Garish*ness, n. Jer. Taylor.