gaudy

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: brassycheapflashflashygarishgimcrackloudmeretricioustackytattytawdrytrashy

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

Adjective (2)

  1. tastelessly showy“a flash car”“a flashy ring”“garish colors”“a gaudy costume”“loud sport shirts”“a meretricious yet stylish book”“tawdry ornaments”Synonyms: brassycheapflashflashygarishgimcrackloudmeretricioustackytattytawdrytrashy
  2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous displaySynonyms: flashyjazzyshowysporty
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Gaudy \Gaud"y\, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]

1.Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. [1913 Webster]

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Gay; merry; festal. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]

Let's have one other gaudy night.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Gaudy \Gaud"y\, n.; pl. Gaudies [See Gaud, n.] One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]
Gaudy \Gaud"y\, n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] --Conybeare. [1913 Webster]
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