as in loud
excessively showy
the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary
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as in spectacle
excessive or unnecessary display
the garishness of the enormous statues in the small yard was almost funny
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Recent Examples of garish
Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
Here, as elsewhere, the president is taking an existing elite failing to its garish extreme.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
There were, and probably still are, several unbreakable rules to these fortnightly comics, with their garish covers and lurid titles.
—Alexander Rose, Air Mail, 28 June 2025
Gone are the lopsided berets, garish prints, and impossible volumes.
—Blanca De Almandoz, Glamour, 19 June 2025
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Adjective
While a Daiquiri is snappy, the Daisy de Santiago is garish.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 11 July 2025
Here, as elsewhere, the president is taking an existing elite failing to its garish extreme.
—Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
There were, and probably still are, several unbreakable rules to these fortnightly comics, with their garish covers and lurid titles.
—Alexander Rose, Air Mail, 28 June 2025
Gone are the lopsided berets, garish prints, and impossible volumes.
—Blanca De Almandoz, Glamour, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garish
Adjective
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Noise level Pet fountains are never completely silent, but some are louder than others.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Aug. 2025
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For years loud car exhausts, stereos and late-night partying in the downtown corridor have been at the center of complaints.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And the nearly exclusive white crowds that gathered for the spectacle were by no means thin.—
Jody Mamone,
Hartford Courant,
15 Aug. 2025
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Two of its shows which brought in the most nominations were certainly grand spectacles that came with a higher price tag.—
Denise Crosby,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The noisy ones have either hope or larceny in their souls.—
Chip Bell,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Rez said platforms should build internal mechanisms that elevated antisemitism protections above noisy or majority-sourced signals in training.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Their minimalist bottles and containers photograph beautifully, their price points signal exclusivity without screaming ostentation, and their international origins provide cultural cache.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
24 June 2025
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As high heels become less of a requisite in certain arenas, the Cannes red carpet — whose ostentation is rivaled only by the Met Gala or the Oscars — is something of a final frontier.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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The panel depicts two moments in the life of St. Denis—his final communion in prison and his martyrdom by beheading—unfolding underneath a gaudy crucifixion beaming with seraphim.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Much of the drama of the long regular season was figuring out how Towns would fit next to Brunson as the statement diamond in a seemingly gaudy ring whose outer setting included the accents Josh Hart, O. G. Anunoby, and—another newcomer—Mikal Bridges.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
Noun
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These artists know that flamboyance needn’t preclude subtlety, and that stardom neither guarantees nor bars revelation.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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But what really makes A View to a Kill sing are the baddies, starting at the top with the Nazi-bred, ex-KGB, genetically altered microchip tycoon, horse breeder, and airship enthusiast Max Zorin, played with characteristic flamboyance by Walken.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Long before their estrangement, Diana taught William and Harry what that legacy looked like: a new kind of royal life rooted not in pomp but in compassion.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Ming was eulogized during the service and more pomp that comes with a traditional law enforcement funeral service was carried out including the folding and presenting of the flag that draped his casket, a 21-gun salute (seven riflemen firing three volleys), and the playing of taps.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
11 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Told by one of the firm’s senior partners to add ornamentation to the design for a pyramid atop an office building, Wells flatly refused.—
Henry Wiencek
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
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That is, minimal ornamentation with an emphasis on modern materials which made construction less expensive.—
Randy Mason,
Kansas City Star,
21 May 2025
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“Garish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garish. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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