Crossword clues for garishness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
garishness
garishness \gar"ish*ness\ n.
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tasteless showiness.
Syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz.
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strident color or excessive ornamentation.
Syn: gaudiness.
Wiktionary
garishness
n. The quality of being garish.
WordNet
garishness
n. tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]
strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: gaudiness]
Usage examples of "garishness".
It was compounded of the old scars on my legs, of the garishness of the bathroom light, of the lingering soreness in my ribs from being hurled against the Jap truck, of the look of Francine's plastic tile, and a douche bag hanging on the back of the bathroom door, and the scrawniness of the pink towel I would have to use to dry off for bed.