HyperDic: garish

English > 1 sense of the word garish:
ADJECTIVEallgarish, brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashytastelessly showy
garish > pronunciation
Soundsgeh'rihsh
Rhymesabolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh...
English > garish: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaningtastelessly showy.
Example "garish colors"
Synonymsbrassy, cheap, flash, flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
Broadertastelesslacking aesthetic or social taste
Spanishchillón, estridente, hortera, llamativo, vistoso, vulgar
Catalancridaner, estrident, llampant, vulgar
Nounsgarishnesstasteless showiness
garishnessstrident color or excessive ornamentation
Adverbsgarishlyin a tastelessly garish manner

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