garish
adjective/ˈɡeərɪʃ/
/ˈɡerɪʃ/
(disapproving)- very brightly coloured in an unpleasant way synonym gaudy
- garish clothes/colours
- It’s a little too garish for my taste.
Extra ExamplesTopics Clothes and Fashionc2- furniture painted a rather garish yellow
- I can't stand those garish Christmas lights.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGarish is used with these nouns:- colour
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
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