as in loud
excessively showy
the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary
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Recent Examples of garish
Beneath the garish camouflage paint job, this is a first peek at the Peaq, a seven-seater all-electric SUV that’s the biggest, most luxurious and high-tech Škoda ever built.
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New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
Over beats as blunt, chromatic, and gleefully stupid as a Jeff Koons sculpture, the singer has vied to make hyperpop more garish and alarming by being hornier, messier, and more extreme than her peers.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
The coin, which breaks with the country’s longstanding tradition of not featuring a living person on its currency, joins a swiftly growing list of other Trumpian imprints on arts and culture, including architectural choices deemed gaudy and garish by experts and laypeople alike.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
This can be thrown over any outfit or paired with full outdoor gear, depending on your plans, and avoids looking too garish or sporty.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
Over beats as blunt, chromatic, and gleefully stupid as a Jeff Koons sculpture, the singer has vied to make hyperpop more garish and alarming by being hornier, messier, and more extreme than her peers.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
The coin, which breaks with the country’s longstanding tradition of not featuring a living person on its currency, joins a swiftly growing list of other Trumpian imprints on arts and culture, including architectural choices deemed gaudy and garish by experts and laypeople alike.
—Arts Editor, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
This can be thrown over any outfit or paired with full outdoor gear, depending on your plans, and avoids looking too garish or sporty.
—Alexandra Pereira, Travel + Leisure, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garish
Adjective
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Consider, too, the iconic venue of Arrowhead, boasting the Guinness World Record for world’s loudest stadium.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
15 May 2026
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And the consequences of speaking up are rarely loud enough to point to.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Remember that’s with a couple of wars going on and a bunch of noisy macros.—
Evan Clark,
Footwear News,
20 May 2026
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In a market this noisy, the founders who win are not the ones who react to every new model release or competitor announcement.—
Harlem Capital,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Adjective
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However, these seemingly gaudy detours end up retrofitted to Jude’s larger point about power structures in modern Europe as well, when the camera eventually pulls back to focus on specifics of the production.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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The furor has dampened the festivities of the normally high-camp, joyful, gaudy extravaganza, in which acts representing different, mostly European countries each perform a song, competing to be crowned the winner after a public and jury vote.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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“Garish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garish. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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