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1. a. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. Source: opted
2. a. Gay to extravagance; flighty. Source: opted
3. adj. tastelessly showy Source: wordnet
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. Source: webster

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showy attention attracting dazzling exciting extravagance flighty gay ostentatious taylor colors day drunkenness flag gar like loose mind ness Newman south sun tastelessly

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