as in loud
excessively showy
gaudy decorations on all the doors and windows at festival time
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Recent Examples of gaudy
Those gaudy numbers came on top of fast agility times.
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
The idea of stuffing a casino in a place already buzzing with hordes of tourists and gaudy lights made sense from afar.
—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
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
The idea of stuffing a casino in a place already buzzing with hordes of tourists and gaudy lights made sense from afar.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaudy
Adjective
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The former instantly adds a second layer of security against unwanted guests, and the latter emits an ultra-loud alarm while acting like a door stop wedge, scaring off any stranger who tries to enter your room.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Oct. 2025
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Due to the struggles that the Florida State Seminoles have gone through this season following their opening upset win over the Alabama Crimson Tide, calls have begun getting louder for the program to consider firing head coach Mike Norvell.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Even standard news programming is as noisy and disjointed as the output of a Bloomberg terminal.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
23 Oct. 2025
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Murray & His Blood Brothers, a blues-rock outfit comprised of singers and guitarists Mike Zito, Albert Castiglia and Jimmy Vivino, delivered a night of raucous, noisy blues and covers to the historic 2,360-person venue.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Some have also characterized the undertaking — which is taking place amid the government shutdown — as a garish expression of personal vanity.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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Someone had once painted the walls a garish ’90s red.—
Diana Hubbell,
Saveur,
16 Oct. 2025
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OpenAI’s proposition with Sora 2 feels slightly different—more like a flashy proof of concept to showcase the power of its models.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
20 Oct. 2025
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According to police sources, the Kinahans love driving flashy cars.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Gaudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaudy. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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