[ UK /ɡˈɔːdi/ ]
[ US /ˈɡɔdi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. tastelessly showy
    loud sport shirts
    tawdry ornaments
    a flashy ring
    a flash car
    a meretricious yet stylish book
    garish colors
    a gaudy costume
  2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
NOUN
  1. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
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How To Use gaudy In A Sentence

  • At night it is gaudy with Japanese lanterns and Mexican music.
  • And pachinko is a national obsession, the parlours offering gaudy arrays of noisy pinball machines where many Japanese contentedly gamble the hours away.
  • It was a strip of gaudy landscaping in front of a strip mall in glaring bright daylight.
  • They all are fans of the hybridized glads, confused by the pretty pictures shown in catalogs and on bag tags of masses of gaudy colorful clown like flowers. Monday Report « Fairegarden
  • FLYFISHING King salmon (chinooks) require stout fly tackle — 9 - to 10-weight rods with sinking-tip lines, heavy leaders, and large, gaudy flies. How to Plan A Fishing Trip to Alaska
  • Food stalls and shops, the buildings made of the same porcelainlike material as the farmhouse, in gaudy primary colors. Spin
  • There were days when one was wearing heavy, gaudy clothing, which was invariably a pain to be endured considering the gathering one would be amongst.
  • The gaudy decorations are out, the over sized Yuletide props have been forklifted into position by underpaid migrant workers, and the same CD played at this time every year since 1989 can be heard tinkling through the mall.
  • On the water, handfuls of gaudy drakes, cloaked in vivid breeding plumage, jockey for position near sought-after hens.
  • Two captains ride before them on shaggy ponies, the taller in armor, stained and rusted with many a storm and fray, the other in brilliant inlaid cuirass and helmet, gaudy sash and plume, and sword hilt glittering with gold, a quaint contrast enough to the meager garron which carries him and his finery. Westward Ho!
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