garish

Meaning of garish

adjective
  1. obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.
    garish shirts in all sorts of colours

mid 16th century: of unknown origin.

Information about garish

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of garish

gar-ish

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • garish is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

garish synonyms

Meaning brassy:

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

Meaning unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect:

lurid

Meaning unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses:

harsh

Meaning giving out or reflecting a strong or dazzling light:

glaring

Meaning using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something:

violent

Meaning having a striking appearance or style, typically by being excessively bright, colourful, or ostentatious:

showy

Meaning shining with a shimmering or sparkling light:

glittering

Meaning having an ostentatious or tasteless appearance:

brash

Meaning considered to be lacking in aesthetic judgement or to constitute inappropriate behaviour:

tasteless

Meaning lacking sophistication or good taste:

vulgar

Meaning causing dislike or aversion; disagreeable or unpleasant:

distasteful

Meaning not pleasing or appealing to look at:

unattractive

Meaning causing or liable to cause a feeling of nausea or disgust; disgusting:

nauseating

Meaning (of a colour) lurid or sickly:

bilious

Meaning (of a flavour, smell, colour, etc.) unpleasant in a way that induces discomfort or nausea:

sickly

garish antonyms

Meaning lacking brightness or interest; drearily dull:

drab

Meaning showing good aesthetic judgement or appropriate behaviour:

tasteful

Words that rhyme with garish

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