Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - garish
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Garish
garish
adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1545 1. clothed in vivid colors 2. a. excessively or disturbingly vivid ~ colors ~ imagery b. offensively or distressingly bright ; glaring 3. tastelessly showy ; flashy Synonyms: see gaudy • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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1.
adj. 1 obtrusively bright; showy. 2 gaudy; over-decorated. Derivatives garishly adv. garishness n. Etymology: 16th-c. gaurish app. f. obs. gaure stare ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. слишком яркий, кричащий; безвкусный, показной 2. яркий, ослепительный, блестящий (о красках, свете и т. п.) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way. They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs. ...the restaurant’s garish, illuminated signs. = gaudy ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval • garishly ...a garishly patterned three-piece suite. ADV: ADV adj/-ed ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
5.
~ adj very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at (Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste.) - garishly adv - garishness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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