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Antonyms for gaudiness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gaw-dee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɔ di |
Definition of gaudiness
Origin :- c.1600, from gaudy + -ness.
- As in glister : noun glitter
- As in resplendence : noun glitter
- As in resplendency : noun glitter
- As in scintillation : noun glitter
- As in sumptuousness : noun glitter
- As in frippery : noun waste, nonsense
- As in glitter : noun brilliance, sparkle
- As in glitz : noun showiness
- Then there were splendid liveries, and all manner of gaudiness, not without some taste.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Voyage to Brazil » by Maria Graham
- In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness.
- Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
- Gaudiness, after all, defeats its own purpose, for it expresses a certain vulgarity.
- Extract from : « Book of Etiquette, Volume 2 » by Lillian Eichler Watson
- He achieves effects in gaudiness which even time Italian officer cannot equal.
- Extract from : « Europe Revised » by Irvin S. Cobb
- There was not a sign of gaudiness about her; not a ring, a necklace, or a bracelet.
- Extract from : « Cumner & South Sea Folk, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- Compared to his gaudiness of decking, the raiment of the others was mean and sober.
- Extract from : « The Portal of Dreams » by Charles Neville Buck
- They sacrifice the plainness of nature to the gaudiness of ornament, and the tinsel of wit.
- Extract from : « Four Early Pamphlets » by William Godwin
- Joseph caressed his nose, a nose which for gaudiness could vie with any floral display.
- Extract from : « The King in Yellow » by Robert W. Chambers
- There were winters in Florida at sun-flooded resort towns full of gaudiness and gambling and surprising winter-resort people.
- Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
- And my boy shall wear the very best that he has, so that his father may see him smile at his own gaudiness.
- Extract from : « John Caldigate » by Anthony Trollope
Synonyms for gaudiness
- adornment
- appeal
- bauble
- beam
- brightness
- brilliance
- brilliancy
- coruscation
- decoration
- display
- fanciness
- fandangle
- flash
- flashiness
- frill
- fussiness
- gaudiness
- glamour
- glare
- gleam
- glint
- glisten
- glister
- glitz
- glory
- gorgeousness
- knickknack
- luster
- magnificence
- meretriciousness
- ornament
- ostentation
- pageantry
- pretentiousness
- radiance
- resplendence
- resplendency
- scintillation
- sheen
- shimmer
- shine
- show
- showiness
- sparkle
- speciousness
- splendor
- sumptuousness
- tawdriness
- tinsel
- toy
- trinket
- twinkle
- zap
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