gaudiness (noun)
1gaudiness — gaudy ► ADJECTIVE (gaudier, gaudiest) ▪ extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy. DERIVATIVES gaudily adverb gaudiness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French gaudir rejoice , from Latin gaudere …
2gaudiness — noun Pretension in appearance. Overly done and distastefully adorned. Nearby residents dont want any gaudiness in the buildings renovation, they want it to be tasteful and understated. See Also: gaudy …
3gaudiness — noun see gaudy I …
4gaudiness — noun 1. tasteless showiness • Syn: ↑flashiness, ↑garishness, ↑loudness, ↑brashness, ↑meretriciousness, ↑tawdriness, ↑glitz • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
5gaudy — I. /ˈgɔdi / (say gawdee) adjective (gaudier, gaudiest) 1. brilliant; excessively showy. 2. showy without taste; vulgarly showy; flashy. {originally attributive use of gaudy2 large bead of rosary, feast; later taken as from gaud (noun) –gaudily,… …
6gaudy — I. adjective (gaudier; est) Date: 1582 1. ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented 2. marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness ; outlandish < gaudy lies > < gaudy claims >; also exceptional …
7gaudy — gaudy1 adjective (gaudier, gaudiest) extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy. Derivatives gaudily adverb gaudiness noun Origin C15: prob. from gaud + y1. gaudy2 …
8gaudy — adjective clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are too bright and look cheap: gaudy jewelry gaudily adverb gaudiness noun (U) …
9gaudily — gaudy ► ADJECTIVE (gaudier, gaudiest) ▪ extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy. DERIVATIVES gaudily adverb gaudiness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French gaudir rejoice , from Latin gaudere …
10gaudy — ► ADJECTIVE (gaudier, gaudiest) ▪ extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy. DERIVATIVES gaudily adverb gaudiness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French gaudir rejoice , from Latin gaudere …
