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Synonyms for garishness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : gair-ish, gar- |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɛər ɪʃ, ˈgær- |
Top 10 synonyms for garishness Other synonyms for the word garishness
- exhibition
- false front
- flamboyance
- flash
- flaunting
- flourish
- fuss
- garishness
- grandstand play
- magnificence
- pageant
- pageantry
- parade
- parading
- pomp
- pomposity
- pompousness
- pretending
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- put-on
- shine
- show
- showiness
- showing off
- showoff
- spectacle
- splendor
- splurge
- swagger
- swaggering
- swank
- vainglory
- vaunt
- vaunting
- window-dressing
Définition of garishness
Origin :- 1540s, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren "to stare" (c.1200), which is of uncertain origin (perhaps from Old Norse gaurr "rough fellow") + -ish. Related: Garishness.
- As in ostentation : noun exhibitionism, flashiness
- He despised all garishness and affectation, and was usually full of his theme.
- Extract from : « Fifty Notable Years » by John G. Adams
- "The insolence of wealth and the garishness of its marts are disappearing," I told her.
- Extract from : « A Top-Floor Idyl » by George van Schaick
- Piano colors of a violence and garishness are hurled against each other.
- Extract from : « Musical Portraits » by Paul Rosenfeld
- Think of a lot of over-dressed creatures flouting those severe outlines and deep-toned distances with frippery and garishness.
- Extract from : « A Phyllis of the Sierras » by Bret Harte
- The castle had as yet yielded to him nothing that he had not seen before in the distraction of company and the garishness of day.
- Extract from : « Colonel Starbottle's Client and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
- She had behind her garishness a gift for sympathy and a keen intuition, delicacy, and allusiveness.
- Extract from : « The Weavers, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
- A bright light not only chases the shade from its aisles and recesses but also shows up the garishness of its glass.
- Extract from : « A Wanderer in Paris » by E. V. Lucas
- The sequins lose their garishness; the painted faces preserve an illusion of reality.
- Extract from : « Carnival » by Compton Mackenzie
Antonyms for garishness
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