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Garishness

noun
1.
Tasteless showiness.  Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness.
2.
Strident color or excessive ornamentation.  Synonym: gaudiness.





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"Garishness" Quotes from Famous Books



... and homeliness of the atmosphere into which he plunged were beyond words. The large room was well lit with good quality oil lamps, whose warmth of light was mellow, and left sufficient shadow in the remoter corners to rob the scene of any garishness. The stove was roaring under its opened damper. The air smelt warm and good, and the pungent odor of hot coffee was not without pleasure to ...
— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum


Words linked to "Garishness" :   tastelessness, garish, tawdriness, ugliness


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