Synonyms for garish

Most common

flashy · gaudy · showy · tawdry

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Adjective

Antonyms

tasteful, low-key, tasty

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.

   The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.

Example sentences

• flashy Yanni bought Skura flashy and expensive things.
• gaudy Don't you think that necklace is a bit gaudy?
• showy This showy dress isn't appropriate for me.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

gay¹

4 letters

loud¹

5 letters

cheap¹, tacky², brash¹, gaudy², showy², tatty²

6 letters

bright¹, flashy², trashy², tawdry², florid², brassy²

7 letters

blatant², glaring², chintzy²

9 letters

tasteless², flaunting², obtrusive³

11 letters

pretentious³

12 letters

ostentatious⁴

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tacky² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

criard

Italiano

stridulo

Español

chillón

Català

cridaner