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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. tasteless showiness;
[syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]

2. strident color or excessive ornamentation;
[syn: garishness, gaudiness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

garishness \gar"ish*ness\ n. 1. tasteless showiness. Syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz. [WordNet 1.5] 2. strident color or excessive ornamentation. Syn: gaudiness. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Garish \Gar"ish\ (g[^a]r"[i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.] 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." --Shak. "In . . . garish colors." --Asham. "The garish day." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty. [1913 Webster] It makes the mind loose and garish. --South. -- Gar"ish*ly, adv. -- Gar"ish*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

garishness n 1: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz] 2: strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: garishness, gaudiness]