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How to pronounce gaudy in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty
Derivation gaudiness
Type Words
Synonyms brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
Derivation gaud, gaudiness


a gaudy costume.
Type Words
Type of banquet, feast

Examples of gaudy

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You might think the uniforms are gaudy, unnecessarily flashy or just plain ugly.
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People honk, wave, scream at the gaudy pink Hummer with lip decals on the sides.
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Pamela Litras designed the decor, which is sumptuously lush without being gaudy.
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Second inaugurals, on the other hand, are like gaudy second marriage ceremonies.
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After thinking about the quote box 2, I'm afraid it might actually be too gaudy.
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Throughout the 1990s, teams coveted the goalkeepers with gaudy save percentages.
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The event, held at Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria hotel, was a huge, gaudy success.
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The numbers were gaudy, but when the season was on the line, the Wildcats wilted.
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It was gaudy and gas-guzzling for my tastes, but had a lot of miles left in it.
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  • (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
  • Brassy: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
  • Flashy: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
  • (gaudily) garishly: in a tastelessly garish manner; "the temple was garishly decorated with bright plastic flowers"
  • (gaudiness) flashiness: tasteless showiness
  • (gaudiness) garishness: strident color or excessive ornamentation
  • Gaudy or gaudie (from the Latin, "gaudium", meaning "enjoyment" or "merry-making") is a term used typical to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom. ...
  • 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 kmu00B2 (0.386 squ00A0mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
  • A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations; Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner