garishly

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Recent Examples of garishly But where the exhibitions on Cribs were charmingly, sometimes garishly, idiosyncratic, today’s represent a subtler and often more generic version of taste. Kim Hew-Low, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garishly
Adverb
  • On our first morning, Sara and I woke to one of the roughly 300 days of sun that Taos receives each year—gaudily beautiful weather for the end of February.
    Michael Paterniti, Travel + Leisure, 14 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Bryan Fuller’s expressionistic procedural is ostentatiously gruesome, yes, but the increasingly disturbing interplay between Will and Hannibal — cat and mouse, will-they/won’t they — is a full course meal on its own.
    Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Apr. 2026
  • In her closet were seven Ungaros, three Rykiels, a Kamali bathing suit and a Kamali sleeping-bag coat, five Kenzo dresses, two pieces from the Ballets Russes collection of Saint Laurent—all of which were trades or payments in kind, none of them mothballed, but instead worn ostentatiously and often.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • And Cayden Alley is endearing and playful as Damian, the school’s most flamboyantly gay student.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2026
  • Egerton, by contrast, gets to grandstand a bit more flamboyantly.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Mabe Fratti and Bill Orcutt’s collaboration didn’t begin colorfully or dramatically; Fratti just liked Orcutt and said so publicly, prompting Orcutt to reach out, which resulted in their working—remotely, mostly—on a series of pieces.
    Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
  • Lifetime Achievement Award-winner Poltz was colorfully introduced by his longtime musician friend, former San Diego Padres second baseman and third base coach Tim Flannery.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026
Adverb
  • And one of the best ways to show your support for your favorite team is by rocking a piece of merchandise to wear loud and proud.
    Irene Kim, Vogue, 8 June 2026
  • Especially the bench being that loud, hyping every guy up at the plate.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
Adverb
  • Swift blew him a kiss and loudly applauded his performances.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • Yet, at a moment when political, economic, technological, and cultural forces are aligned against young readers and libraries, the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature is loudly rejecting a high percentage of books that readers might be drawn to on a library’s shelves.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Adverb
  • The one-shoulder dress was designed with a billowing, one-shoulder top with an ornately speckled red and white pattern motif throughout.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 10 June 2026
  • At other times, the cage might be ornately gilded.
    Big Think, Big Think, 6 May 2026

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“Garishly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garishly. Accessed 16 Jun. 2026.

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