as in loud
excessively showy
gaudy decorations on all the doors and windows at festival time
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Recent Examples of gaudy
The idea of stuffing a casino in a place already buzzing with hordes of tourists and gaudy lights made sense from afar.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
The Tigers piled up gaudy stats Saturday.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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
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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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2025
The Tigers piled up gaudy stats Saturday.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
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
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaudy
Adjective
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Meet Nashville's new crime-fighting Clydesdale Metro Nashville mounted patrol officer Michael Douglas squeezed a three-foot-long rubber chicken, producing an increasingly louder and closer screeching sound to try and provoke a 1,700-pound Clydesdale named Ross.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
6 Oct. 2025
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At the same time, Mercury and Mars are activating your sector of expansion, meaning your inner philosopher is loud.—
Dossé-Via Trenou,
Refinery29,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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This simple yet powerful step turned noisy, unreliable photon signals into clean bursts of single photons — a breakthrough for future quantum technologies.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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How to stand out in such a noisy season?—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Among the crowd, the look was also the opposite of many who attended wearing garish American flag costumes.—
Erik Shilling,
Robb Report,
30 Sep. 2025
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Meg lived in a somewhat offbeat district, but the tall shabby houses, some of them painted in garish colours, were soon left behind and gave place to discreetly glistening cream or white facades behind one of which Leonora lived.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Ninja Gaiden 4 sees the return of the brutal challenge, flashy combos, and relentless action that made the series such a landmark franchise on the original Xbox.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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Following the black-and-white aesthetics and melancholy lyricism of TTPD, the high saturation and sparkles associated with Showgirl — which is comprised of flashy pop bangers — feel even more vibrant.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Gaudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaudy. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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