Entry Word: gaudy

Function: adjective

Meaning: excessively showy <the bright purple sequined miniskirt she wore to the wedding was gaudy>

Synonyms flamboyant, flashy, garish, glitzy, loud, ostentatious, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

Related Words meretricious, pretentious; graceless, inelegant, tacky, tasteless, vulgar; bedizened, extravagant, fancy, florid, glittery, spectacular; lurid, ornate, overdone, overwrought

Near Antonyms appropriate, fitting, proper; inconspicuous, muted, restrained, subdued, toned (down), unobtrusive; elegant, graceful, tasteful; modest, plain, simple, unpretentious

Antonyms conservative, quiet, understated