gaudy

Meaning of gaudy

adjective
  1. extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.
    silver bows and gaudy ribbons

late 15th century: probably from gaud + -y1.

noun
  1. a celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members.
    administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘rejoicing, a celebration’): from Latin gaudium ‘joy’, or from gaude ‘rejoice!’, imperative of gaudere .

Information about gaudy

  • The plural form of gaudy is: gaudies.
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Hyphenation of gaudy

gaudy

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
  • gaudy is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

gaudy synonyms

Meaning brassy:

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

Meaning flashy:

flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty

Meaning unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect:

lurid

Meaning giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light:

glaring

Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:

harsh

Meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:

violent

Meaning shining with a shimmering or sparkling light:

glittering

Meaning characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress:

ostentatious

Meaning considered to be lacking in aesthetic judgement or to constitute inappropriate behaviour:

tasteless

Meaning lacking sophistication or good taste:

vulgar

Meaning causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant:

distasteful

Meaning not pleasing or appealing to look at:

unattractive

Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:

nauseating

Meaning affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting:

bilious

Meaning often ill; in poor health:

sickly

gaudy antonyms

Meaning lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull:

drab

Meaning showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour:

tasteful

Words that rhyme with gaudy

Audy, begaudy, ungaudy, Claudy, Maudy, vaudy

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