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Meanings of garish in inglês

Tastelessly showy.

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Usage of garish in inglês
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Large, sealed portholes looked out onto a garden of garish sea plants.
The Scar
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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...
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There are no garish rubber wristbands or long lines of cars outside.
Independent.ie
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She couldn't imagine a snooty society maven ever wearing something so garish.
Millionaire's women
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Professional women's wrestling in Japan means body slams, sweat, and garish costumes.
Reuters
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Early December sees Christmas lights and banners advertising garish pantomimes dominate downtown.
The whole world: a novel
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Her mother, on the contrary, flaunted in the garish light of society.
Hyperion
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The bulb burst into light and revealed the basement in garish detail.
The Water Witch
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For a different kind of inspiration, some turn to garish Bollywood musicals.
Reuters
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Eisenstein uses garish color and flamboyant action to show Ivan's increasing derangement.
The new yorker
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He built a garish house in Sandton, the wealthiest district of Johannesburg.
The Guardian
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As well call the garish new building on the embankment Sion College.
As We Are and As We May Be
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The supper-room, garish and tawdry in its decorations, was functioning as usual.
The Pretty Lady
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She had stepped through the door of a cheap but garish restaurant.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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Not the garish painted red so many women believe makes them desirable.
The Name of the Wind
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