as in loud
excessively showy
the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary
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Recent Examples of garish
Design-wise, the duvet cover in question should ideally align with your interior design aesthetic, and there are a multitude of styles available to shop today — from easy-on-the-eyes pastels to crisp and timeless whites to fun yet never-garish patterns.
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2025
The Hundred offers a cosy domestic dose of garish colors, potato crisp team sponsors and big shots.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
But never fear, costumer Natalie O’Brien later puts Curtis into a garish pink ruched dress that almost makes the previous outfit forgivable.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2025
The Hundred offers a cosy domestic dose of garish colors, potato crisp team sponsors and big shots.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
This is a pioneering use of old, ephemeral tech to invent new, eternal cinema, that is so persuasive of its own whimsical worldview that to emerge 186 minutes later is to feel slightly attacked by the garish, hi-def sharpness of reality, and to wonder where all the wonder has gone.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2025
But never fear, costumer Natalie O’Brien later puts Curtis into a garish pink ruched dress that almost makes the previous outfit forgivable.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garish
Adjective
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This discourse only got louder during minicamp when he was called out for his physical appearance and route running.—
Kevin McCormick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Sep. 2025
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As Anisimova kept making things close again, and the crowd kept getting loud, Sabalenka reminded herself to focus on herself.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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During recent surveys for these noisy lizards in Namibia, researchers found five species new to science, according to the study.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Aventho 200’s microphone uses Qualcomm’s cVc technology to ensure high-quality audio on phone calls and video meetings, even in noisy environments such as crowded trains or busy airports.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That gaudy slash line is almost solely responsible for Alcántara being the September call-up over top outfield prospect Owen Caissie.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In many of these suburbs, the prevalence of tearing down perfectly sound old single-family homes in order to build often-gaudy new structures has led to proposals to incentivize keeping more of the old housing stock, using tax breaks and other means.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
1 Sep. 2025
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“Garish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garish. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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