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Garish vs Gawdy - What's the difference?

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garish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
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  • *:"My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;."
  • *2003 August 10, Ken Keeler, "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Futurama , season 5, episode 16, Fox Broadcasting Company
  • *:Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish .

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    gawdy

    Not English

    Gawdy has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

    English words similar to 'gawdy':

    gaiety, giddy, gaudy, goody, goth, goety, goeth, gitty, gouty, gayety, gutty, goaty, gith, gothy, gidday, gawth, gatah, goutty