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Thesaurus: gaudy

Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.

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Definitions

  1. superl. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
  2. superl. Gay; merry; festal.
  3. n. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
  4. n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
  5. adj. tastelessly showy
  6. adj. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
  7. n. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held at a college
  8. j:100 n. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college