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词汇 garish
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Definition of garish in English:

garish

adjective ˈɡɛːrɪʃˈɡɛrɪʃ
  • Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.

    〈贬〉过于耀眼花哨的;绚丽的

    garish shirts in all sorts of colours

    各种颜色的花哨衬衫。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The combination of garish cartoon colours and brash graphic quality is totally euphoric.
    • Some teenagers in garish tight polyester dresses saunter past, deep in conversation.
    • The whole restaurant was painted in bright colors but not neon bright and not too garish.
    • All of the garish constructions below him have been built for the nouveau riche with relatives working abroad.
    • The Quakers started like a team with championship ambition, as purposeful and bright as their garish yellow shirts.
    • The men wore their hair longer and both genders wore bright, almost garish colors.
    • But if I do, I promise not to make it put the pages in some microscopic font with garish colours.
    • Soft, fluid fabrics will flatter your curves, but avoid frills and garish prints, as these will drown you.
    • In this increasingly garish context, there can be no denying the reassuring twinkle of a traditional fairy light.
    • For those who are not acquainted with Christmas crackers, they're little packages in garish paper.
    • Only the garish turquoise silk tie and the glint in his pale blue eyes detract from this picture of geriatric gentlemanliness.
    • There was once a brashness about Norman, signified by those garish shirts and the trademark wide-brimmed hat.
    • Maybe he received a garish jumper, a lurid tie or an outsized pair of slippers in his seasonal gifts.
    • She is famous for her garish sculptural pieces that are made from the cheap and mass-produced.
    • While it has some appealing features, I found it garish with curvy lines and bright colors.
    • My straight blonde hair was positively garish in a room full of dyed-red perms.
    • The old people were wearing garish colours, which I could never have imagined they would dare to put on.
    • Half of the room was solid black, while the other half was a bright, garish pink color.
    • Orange whistles are garish and weapons can easily be turned against you.
    • The paper on which the books were printed was flimsy and cheap, and the books sold chiefly on the strength of their garish covers.
    Synonyms
    gaudy, lurid, loud, over-bright, harsh, glaring, violent, flashy, showy, glittering, brassy, brash
    tasteless, in bad taste, vulgar, distasteful, unattractive, nauseating, bilious, sickly
    informal flash, tacky

Derivatives

  • garishly

  • adverb ˈɡɛːrɪʃ(ə)li
    • A large quantity of the toys - garishly coloured flashing dummies and fur-covered dogs, cats, rabbits and pandas - were seized during a swoop in Yorkshire Street by trading standards officers.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Decorated colourfully, though not garishly, the place is cheerful and welcoming, and the family who runs it is invariably cordial and ready to answer any questions you might throw their way.
      • Set against a garishly psychedelic Thailand, the frenetic musical comedy revolves around Bay, a mop-topped rock drummer who is a devout Buddhist trying to achieve the 10th level of sacred drumming.
      • Take, for example, the symbolic doll face garishly created with white greasepaint around the forehead and temples of the models.
      • This technology has given the state its dominant symbols - even when temperatures warm up to near freezing, Alaskans rumble about outside in thick, garishly colored parkas, as if displaying the symbols of a common tribe.
  • garishness

  • noun ˈɡɛːrɪʃnəsˈɡɛrɪʃnəs
    • The appeal of Los Gavilanes lies precisely in its English disdain for garishness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Although there is nothing particularly striking about the interior, it is tastefully done and the colours and trim fabrics used are sensible and modern without any hint of garishness.
      • It's a curious mix of film-set kitsch and rustic country village, but it's pretty and tasteful and devoid of the kind garishness that taints Christmas here.
      • The door's chrome-like surface appears to ripple and swirl confusingly, dizzying the senses, its garishness clashing violently with the plainness of the room and those large, overstuffed chairs.
      • It is not only the brightness, garishness, shininess and fine detail of these pictures: the composition, too, was - by the standards of the masters - slapdash.

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

bearish, fairish, squarish

Definition of garish in US English:

garish

adjectiveˈɡɛrɪʃˈɡeriSH
  • Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.

    〈贬〉过于耀眼花哨的;绚丽的

    garish shirts in all sorts of colors

    各种颜色的花哨衬衫。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Only the garish turquoise silk tie and the glint in his pale blue eyes detract from this picture of geriatric gentlemanliness.
    • But if I do, I promise not to make it put the pages in some microscopic font with garish colours.
    • Orange whistles are garish and weapons can easily be turned against you.
    • While it has some appealing features, I found it garish with curvy lines and bright colors.
    • She is famous for her garish sculptural pieces that are made from the cheap and mass-produced.
    • The whole restaurant was painted in bright colors but not neon bright and not too garish.
    • The old people were wearing garish colours, which I could never have imagined they would dare to put on.
    • Some teenagers in garish tight polyester dresses saunter past, deep in conversation.
    • In this increasingly garish context, there can be no denying the reassuring twinkle of a traditional fairy light.
    • For those who are not acquainted with Christmas crackers, they're little packages in garish paper.
    • Maybe he received a garish jumper, a lurid tie or an outsized pair of slippers in his seasonal gifts.
    • The paper on which the books were printed was flimsy and cheap, and the books sold chiefly on the strength of their garish covers.
    • My straight blonde hair was positively garish in a room full of dyed-red perms.
    • The men wore their hair longer and both genders wore bright, almost garish colors.
    • Half of the room was solid black, while the other half was a bright, garish pink color.
    • There was once a brashness about Norman, signified by those garish shirts and the trademark wide-brimmed hat.
    • The combination of garish cartoon colours and brash graphic quality is totally euphoric.
    • The Quakers started like a team with championship ambition, as purposeful and bright as their garish yellow shirts.
    • Soft, fluid fabrics will flatter your curves, but avoid frills and garish prints, as these will drown you.
    • All of the garish constructions below him have been built for the nouveau riche with relatives working abroad.
    Synonyms
    gaudy, lurid, loud, over-bright, harsh, glaring, violent, flashy, showy, glittering, brassy, brash

Origin

Mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

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