gaudy
Meaning of gaudy
adjective
- extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.
silver bows and gaudy ribbons
late 15th century: probably from gaud + -y1.
noun- 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:
Meaning unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect:
Meaning giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light:
Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:
Meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:
Meaning shining with a shimmering or sparkling light:
Meaning characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress:
Meaning considered to be lacking in aesthetic judgement or to constitute inappropriate behaviour:
Meaning lacking sophistication or good taste:
Meaning causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant:
Meaning not pleasing or appealing to look at:
Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:
Meaning affected by or associated with nausea or vomiting:
Meaning often ill; in poor health:
gaudy antonyms
Meaning lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull:
Meaning showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour:
Words that rhyme with gaudy
Audy, begaudy, ungaudy, Claudy, Maudy, vaudy
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