gaudiness

  • 101tastelessness — taste·less·ness || teɪstlɪsnɪs n. lack of good taste, gaudiness, coarseness, flashiness …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 102glare —    A strong or annoying and unwanted light, such as reflected from glass covering a picture. Also, a garishness or gaudiness; something overly conspicuous or obtrusive. Also see flare, highlight, and ugly …

    Glossary of Art Terms

  • 103gaudy — gaudy1 adjective (gaudier, gaudiest) extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy. Derivatives gaudily adverb gaudiness noun Origin C15: prob. from gaud + y1. gaudy2 …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 104gaudy — adjective clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are too bright and look cheap: gaudy jewelry gaudily adverb gaudiness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 105ostentation — noun most car buyers are looking for a lot more than ostentation Syn: showiness, show, pretentiousness, vulgarity, conspicuousness, display, flamboyance, gaudiness, brashness, extravagance, ornateness, exhibitionism; informal flashiness, glitz,… …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 106tinsel — noun the tinsel of Hollywood Syn: ostentation, showiness, show, glitter, flamboyance, gaudiness; attractiveness, glamour; informal flashiness, ritz, glitz, garishness, razzle dazzle, razzmatazz, eye candy …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 107language — 1 Language, dialect, tongue, speech, idiom are comparable when they denote a body or system of words and phrases used by a large community (as of a region) or by a people, a nation, or a group of nations. Language may be used as a general term… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 108showy — showy, pretentious, ostentatious can mean making or presenting an outward display that is by implication greater than what is necessary or justifiable. Showy, the ordinary term, carries less definite implications than the other words. It implies… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 109adornment — 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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  • 110barbarity — n 1. cruelty, viciousness, ruthlessness; ferocity, fierceness, savagery, ferity, truculence, fellness; brutality, brutishness, barbarism, inhumanity; pitilessness, mercilessness, heartlessness, unkindness, hard heartedness; relentlessness,… …

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