'Garishness' definitions:
Definition of 'garishness'
(from WordNet)
noun
Tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]
noun
Strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: garishness, gaudiness]
Definition of 'Garishness'
From: GCIDE
- Garish \Gar"ish\ (g[^a]r"[i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]
- 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." --Shak. "In . . . garish colors." --Asham. "The garish day." --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]
- Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty. [1913 Webster]
- It makes the mind loose and garish. --South. -- {Gar"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Gar"ish*ness}, n. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'garishness'
From: GCIDE
- garishness \gar"ish*ness\ n.
- 1. tasteless showiness.
- Syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. strident color or excessive ornamentation.
- Syn: gaudiness. [WordNet 1.5]