garishness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: garishness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for garishness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
garishness n tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz] strident color or excessive ornamentation Synonym(s): garishness, gaudiness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garish \Gar"ish\, a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. {gairish}.] 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. [bd]The garish sun.[b8] [bd]A garish flag.[b8] --Shak. [bd]In . . . garish colors.[b8] --Asham. [bd]The garish day.[b8] --J. H. Newman. Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty. It makes the mind loose and garish. --South. -- {Gar"ishly}, adv. -- {Garishness}, n. --Jer. Taylor.