garishness

  • 71garish — adjective very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at: Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste. garishly adverb garishness noun (U) …

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  • 72tinsel — noun the tinsel of Hollywood Syn: ostentation, showiness, show, glitter, flamboyance, gaudiness; attractiveness, glamour; informal flashiness, ritz, glitz, garishness, razzle dazzle, razzmatazz, eye candy …

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  • 73adornment — n 1. ornament, decoration, frill, filigree, flourish, furbelow; tinsel, spangle, trinket, knick knack, gimcrack, bauble, gewgaw; accessory, attachment. 2. ornamentation, embellishment, trimming, garnish, garnishment, garniture, Archaic. ouch;… …

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  • 74camp — I n 1. encampment, bivouac, cantonment; military quarters, Sl. the Q; temporary lodgings, tents, shelters, barracks. 2. cabin, cottage, hut, summer home; resort, vacation spot, recreation area. 3. faction, sect, party, group, set, clique; cause,… …

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  • 75crudity — n 1. vulgarity, coarseness, commonness, lowness, crudeness; rudeness, incivility, impropriety, unseemliness, bad manners; boorishness, churlishness, boisterousness, brazenness, brassiness. 2. lack of polish, lack of breeding, unrefinement,… …

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  • 76flash — n 1. streak, patch, glint, lightning; shaft, ray, beam; gleam, glare, fulguration, coruscation; brightness, dazzle, dazzling, bedazzlement, bedazzling, blinding; blaze, flame, flare, spark, scintilla, scintillation; shimmer, flicker, twinkle,… …

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  • 77frippery — n 1. finery, best clothes, best bib and tucker, Inf.Sunday clothes, Inf.Sunday best, Inf.Sunday go to meetings, Sl. glad rags, Sl. heavy threads. 2. frilliness, frills, frills and furbelows, falderal, trumpery, gaudery, fuss, Inf. foofaraw, Sl.… …

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  • 78gaiety — n 1. cheer, cheerfulness, gladness, gayness, good or high spirits; blitheness, blithesomeness, light heartedness, buoyancy, optimism, good nature; joy, sunshine, delight, pleasure, happiness, felicity, bliss; joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation,… …

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  • 79glare — n 1. brilliance, brightness, dazzling, splendor, resplendence; shine, luster, illumination, luminosity, effulgence, radiance; blinding flash, harsh or strong light, intensity, vividness; blaze, flare, flame, fulguration, coruscation,… …

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  • 80glitter — v 1. glint, glimmer, glisten, Archaic. glister; shine, sparkle, twinkle, light, spark, scintillate; flicker, blink, wink, flutter; quiver, shiver, ripple; shimmer, dance, dazzle, bedazzle; flash, flare, fulgurate, gleam, glare, coruscate;… …

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