garishness
81glow — n 1. subdued light, glowing, afterglow; incandescence, luminosity, phosphorescence; luster, shine, iridescence; splendor, brilliance, radiance, reful gency, effulgence; illumination, flash, glare, beam, ray, shaft; streak, patch, coruscation,… …
82ornament — n 1. decoration, frill, filigree, flourish, flounce, furbelow; tinsel, spangle; bauble, trinket, knickknack, gimcrack, gewgaw, Inf. doodad, Inf. fandangle; accessory, attachment. 2. finery, frippery, frills, frills and furbelows, folderol,… …
83ornamentation — n 1. adornment, embellishment. See ornament(def. 4). 2. finery, frippery, frilliness, frills, frills and furbelows, folderol, trumpery, gaudery, fuss, Inf. foo faraw, Sl. jazz; ostentation, meretriciousness, flamboyance, showiness, show,… …
84richness — n 1. wealthiness, affluence, opulence, prosperousness. See riches. 2. luxuriousness, lushness, lavishness, sump tuousness; splendidness, resplendence, Inf. splen diferousness, gorgeousness, magnificence, grandness, grandiosity. 3. vividness,… …
85tinsel — n 1. spangle, clinquant, metallic yarn. 2. ostentation, show, gilding, frippery, affectation, Archaic. frounce; falseness, unreality, make believe, pinchbeck, sham, hypocrisy; pretentiousness, Sl. dog, airs, artificiality, pretension; pomp,… …
86garish — UK [ˈɡeərɪʃ] / US [ˈɡerɪʃ] adjective very bright and colourful in an ugly way garish colours/pictures/signs Derived words: garishly adverb garishness noun uncountable …
87garish — /ˈgɛərɪʃ / (say gairrish), /ˈgar / (say gahr ) adjective 1. glaring, or excessively bright. 2. crudely colourful or showy, as dress, etc. 3. excessively ornate, as structures, writings, etc. {earlier gaurish, from obsolete gaure stare,… …
88ostentation — [n] exhibitionism, flashiness affectation, array, boast, boasting, brag, braggadocio*, bragging, bravado, demonstration, display, exhibition, false front*, flamboyance, flash*, flaunting, flourish, fuss, garishness, grandstand play*, magnificence …
89garish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
90garishly — garish ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin …
