Thesaurus: gaudy

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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. 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. 2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.
9. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternosteris recited. [Obs.] Gower.
10. j:100 n. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college