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Meanings of garish in English

Tastelessly showy.

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      1
      Large, sealed portholes looked out onto a garden of garish sea plants.
      The Scar
      2
      But the old beliefs seemed dim; the new ones, garish and confused.
      His Second Wife
      3
      And it flourishes by gaslight; by day it is garish and forlorn.
      The Albert Gate Mystery / Being Further Adventures of Reginald B...
      4
      There are no garish rubber wristbands or long lines of cars outside.
      Independent.ie
      5
      She couldn't imagine a snooty society maven ever wearing something so garish.
      Millionaire's women
      6
      Professional women's wrestling in Japan means body slams, sweat, and garish costumes.
      Reuters
      7
      Early December sees Christmas lights and banners advertising garish pantomimes dominate downtown.
      The whole world: a novel
      8
      Her mother, on the contrary, flaunted in the garish light of society.
      Hyperion
      9
      The bulb burst into light and revealed the basement in garish detail.
      The Water Witch
      10
      For a different kind of inspiration, some turn to garish Bollywood musicals.
      Reuters
      11
      Eisenstein uses garish color and flamboyant action to show Ivan's increasing derangement.
      The new yorker
      12
      He built a garish house in Sandton, the wealthiest district of Johannesburg.
      The Guardian
      13
      As well call the garish new building on the embankment Sion College.
      As We Are and As We May Be
      14
      The supper-room, garish and tawdry in its decorations, was functioning as usual.
      The Pretty Lady
      15
      She had stepped through the door of a cheap but garish restaurant.
      Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
      16
      Not the garish painted red so many women believe makes them desirable.
      The Name of the Wind
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