gaudy

 
  Grep  of  noun  gaudy 
  gaudy 
 
  Overview  of  noun  gaudy 
 
  The  noun  gaudy  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  gaudy  --  ((British)  a  celebratory  feast  held  annually  at  one  of  the  colleges  in  a  British  university) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gaudy 
 
  The  adj  gaudy  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  brassy,  cheap,  flash,  flashy,  garish,  gaudy,  gimcrack,  loud,  meretricious,  tacky,  tatty,  tawdry,  trashy  --  (tastelessly  showy;  "a  flash  car";  "a  flashy  ring";  "garish  colors";  "a  gaudy  costume";  "loud  sport  shirts";  "a  meretricious  yet  stylish  book";  "tawdry  ornaments") 
  2.  (1)  flashy,  gaudy,  jazzy,  showy,  sporty  --  ((used  especially  of  clothes)  marked  by  conspicuous  display) 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  gaudy 
 
  2  senses  of  gaudy 
 
  Sense  1 
  brassy,  cheap,  flash,  flashy,  garish,  gaudy,  gimcrack,  loud,  meretricious,  tacky,  tatty,  tawdry,  trashy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  tasteless)  ->  tasteful,  in  good  taste 
 
  Sense  2 
  flashy,  gaudy,  jazzy,  showy,  sporty 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  colorful)  ->  colorless,  colourless 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  gaudy 
 
  2  senses  of  gaudy 
 
  Sense  1 
  brassy,  cheap,  flash,  flashy,  garish,  gaudy,  gimcrack,  loud,  meretricious,  tacky,  tatty,  tawdry,  trashy 
  =>  tasteless  (vs.  tasteful),  in  poor  taste(prenominal) 
 
  Sense  2 
  flashy,  gaudy,  jazzy,  showy,  sporty 
  =>  colorful  (vs.  colorless) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  gaudy 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  gaudy 
 
  gaudy  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  gaudy 
  gaudy 
 
  Overview  of  noun  gaudy 
 
  The  noun  gaudy  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  gaudy  --  ((British)  a  celebratory  feast  held  annually  at  one  of  the  colleges  in  a  British  university) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  gaudy 
 
  The  adj  gaudy  has  2  senses  (first  2  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  brassy,  cheap,  flash,  flashy,  garish,  gaudy,  gimcrack,  loud,  meretricious,  tacky,  tatty,  tawdry,  trashy  --  (tastelessly  showy;  "a  flash  car";  "a  flashy  ring";  "garish  colors";  "a  gaudy  costume";  "loud  sport  shirts";  "a  meretricious  yet  stylish  book";  "tawdry  ornaments") 
  2.  (1)  flashy,  gaudy,  jazzy,  showy,  sporty  --  ((used  especially  of  clothes)  marked  by  conspicuous  display) 

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