as in loud
excessively showy
gaudy decorations on all the doors and windows at festival time
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Recent Examples of gaudy
After the family relocates to Connecticut from New York, Delia can’t help but turn their quaint, historical home into a gaudy spectacle full of terrible, modern-gothic artwork.
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Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Parks range from the volcanic sprawl of stone hoodoos crowning Chiricahua National Monument to the gaudy badlands of Petrified Forest National Park to the miles of seductive shoreline at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As baseball has evolved starting pitchers have seen their usage rate drop, meaning nobody is ever going to post the gaudy totals seen throughout the 20th century.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Trump’s entire doctrine is naked rapacity, from Venezuela to hijacking the Kennedy Center to hideously remaking the White House in his own gaudy image.
—Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Parks range from the volcanic sprawl of stone hoodoos crowning Chiricahua National Monument to the gaudy badlands of Petrified Forest National Park to the miles of seductive shoreline at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area.
—Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
As baseball has evolved starting pitchers have seen their usage rate drop, meaning nobody is ever going to post the gaudy totals seen throughout the 20th century.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
Trump’s entire doctrine is naked rapacity, from Venezuela to hijacking the Kennedy Center to hideously remaking the White House in his own gaudy image.
—Maureen Dowd, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaudy
Adjective
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Two sources who attended the party described witnessing a loud verbal exchange between Nick Reiner and his parents.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Miraflores, meanwhile, is also chock-a-block with great shopping and restaurants, though the rush-hour honking gets louder, and various corners have distinctly different feels, from the very commercial to the quaint and old-school.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The world was a noisy, crowded place in that era.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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This is the best place both to hear the speech (otherwise the room is too noisy) and to watch the faces of people gathered around the screens.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This garish cavalcade of perversions, which just premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, should have been shocking and transgressive; the pieces are certainly there.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
15 Feb. 2026
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Rules is a weird, frenetic, garish movie that Van Der Beek, who died Wednesday at 48, believed in deeply and hoped would reboot and redefine his career as Dawson’s Creek came to an end.—
Ky Henderson,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Teens were not cruising around town in flashy cars.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Rather than flashy smart home features, focus was instead placed on efficiency, comfort, and subtle convenience.—
Staff Author,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Gaudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaudy. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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