as in loud
excessively showy
gaudy decorations on all the doors and windows at festival time
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Recent Examples of gaudy
After a season of gaudy stats, but a few high-leverage failures (4 runs vs. Yankees; failure to appear against his old squad, the Phils).
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Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
The paintings of Mickalene Thomas are big, bold, gaudy, and beautiful, embedded with rhinestones, daubed with phosphorescent color, and composed like crazy quilts.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2025
The loser, unbelievably, has to turn right around and hit the road as a wild-card team with an incredibly gaudy record.
—Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
The approach has led to some of the most gaudy numbers of Young’s career.
—Jared Weiss, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaudy
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The project involves using implosives to connect wires on that segment, hence the loud booms heard by those who live nearby.—
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At night, everyone heads for Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí (there’s a cost to attend), the massive stadium that is the kickoff point for the boisterous and loud samba parades that take place throughout the night.—
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White Noise—The womb is a noisy place, so a white-noise machine, fan, or vacuum can create a familiar, calming background sound.—
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The background gets predictably noisy due to the Tiny SE’s small sensor, showing significantly more grain across flat surfaces than the Tiny 2.—
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With a two-tone black and copper design, the earbuds look stylish without being garish or over the top.—
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Lopez’s Spider Woman gets a bad pixie wig and even more garish goth costuming appropriate for a bewitching, bitchy succubus.—
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While its interior design is less flashy than rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini, the aesthetic is pleasing, and outward visibility is excellent.—
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If McCarthy falls shorts, that hands leverage to people are every bit as extreme as Greene, though slightly less flashy about it—Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, and Matt Gaetz.—
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“Gaudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaudy. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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