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Tasteless showiness
Answer for the clue "Tasteless showiness ", 9 letters:
gaudiness
Alternative clues for the word gaudiness
Word definitions for gaudiness in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from gaudy + -ness .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness , garishness , loudness , brashness , meretriciousness , tawdriness , glitz ] strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: garishness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gaudiness \Gaud"i*ness\, n. The quality of being gaudy. --Whitlock.