as in loud
excessively showy
the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary
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Recent Examples of garish
The handset's design was more conservative, offered less thermal management hardware than previous handsets, and the garish bright colors and cyber-glow had been moved out of the phone and into a clip-on gaming peripheral.
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Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Instead it’s been turned into a pantomime with outlandishly garish costumes.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Her public identity was forged in the era of velour sweats and garish trucker hats.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Sure, part two of Emily in Paris season four dropped in September, but Collins broke away from her character’s delightfully garish aesthetic—which is mostly delightful in limited, 10-episode doses—well before that press tour, starting with her dramatic chop in June.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Ewan Spence, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Instead it’s been turned into a pantomime with outlandishly garish costumes.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024
Her public identity was forged in the era of velour sweats and garish trucker hats.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
Sure, part two of Emily in Paris season four dropped in September, but Collins broke away from her character’s delightfully garish aesthetic—which is mostly delightful in limited, 10-episode doses—well before that press tour, starting with her dramatic chop in June.
—Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 2 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garish
Adjective
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In the chaos, one person stands out—not by speaking the loudest, but by knowing when to listen, when to intervene and when to lead with clarity and conviction.—
Kiran Mann,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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In the new court filing, phone records show Mortensen tried calling the other four roommates – but got no response – around the time when security camera from a residence close to the home picked up at 4:17 a.m. distorted audio of voices, a whimper, followed by a loud thud, and a barking dog.—
Lauren del Valle,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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To fix a noisy box spring, add sturdy material, such as thick cardboard or a thin piece of plywood in between the box spring and mattress.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
27 Feb. 2025
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Despite being a man down, Ruben Amorim’s side were relatively comfortable in the second half as a noisy Old Trafford crowd enjoyed a win that increased the gap between the two teams to 16 points.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Andy Enfield’s team needs a gaudy record to offset its lack of Q1 triumphs.—
Jim Root,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Did the Bears even have a defensive team meeting this week? Sure enough, Purdy went 2-for-5 against those man-to-man snaps, albeit for a gaudy 71 yards.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
9 Dec. 2024
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“Garish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garish. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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