Thesaurus / garish
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On social media, the foundation became famous for exposing the garish wealth of these elites.
THE MAN PUTIN FEARSSIMON SHUSTERJANUARY 19, 2022TIMEI was one of them—I believe I referred to the film as “garish junk” in my review.
I PANNED ROMEO + JULIET IN 1996. NOW I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST SHAKESPEARE ADAPTATIONSSTEPHANIE ZACHAREKOCTOBER 28, 2021TIMEThe last American man to win a round of the World Cup—the sport’s annual premier racing series—was David “Tinker” Juarez, and he did so in 1994, when riders wore ping pong ball-like foam helmets and garish neon racing attire.
AMERICA’S 27-YEAR LOSING STREAK IN MEN’S MOUNTAIN-BIKE RACING JUST ENDEDJVERSTEEGHSEPTEMBER 21, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEThey stripped us of this prison’s wardrobe, that horrible garish yellow uniform, and we dressed in the clothes we brought.
LOCKED UP IN THE LAND OF LIBERTY: PART IIIYARIEL VALDÉS GONZÁLEZJULY 21, 2021WASHINGTON BLADEYet it was hard to know exactly what all these people were doing there, other than taking their place in a kind of Brownian-movement minuet under the cheerfully garish lights.
THE REOPENING OF SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY BROUGHT BROADWAY OUT OF HIBERNATION—AND ONE PACKED THEATER INTO A BRIGHTER FUTURESTEPHANIE ZACHAREKJUNE 28, 2021TIMETwo more years have yet to run before that garish and hideous date, prophetic of all that is bright and new and abominably raw.
SINISTER STREET, VOL. 1COMPTON MACKENZIEIt had a garish blue tunic reaching well below the hips and a black skirt bordered with blue.
THE BUTTERFLY HOUSEMARY E. WILKINS FREEMANHe could not bear the noise, the garish light, the continued rumble and movement of the street.
NORTH AND SOUTHELIZABETH CLEGHORN GASKELLDamask curtains of old rose and pale green, falling over a widow-shade of yellow lace, softened the garish light of day.
THE CONQUEST OF ROMEMATILDE SERAOUsually, all was silent within its walls when the darkness fell; but this night a garish light flickered under the door.
THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARDWORDS RELATED TO GARISH
- boastful
- chichi
- classy
- conspicuous
- crass
- dashing
- egotistic
- exhibitionistic
- extravagant
- flamboyant
- flatulent
- fussy
- garish
- gaudy
- gay
- glittery
- grandiose
- highfalutin
- jaunty
- loud
- obtrusive
- peacocky
- pompous
- pretentious
- spectacular
- splashy
- splurgy
- sporty
- swank
- swanky
- theatrical
- tinsel
- tony
- uptown
- vain
- vulgar
- artificial
- barbaric
- barbarous
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- down and dirty
- flashy
- foolish
- garish
- gaudy
- graceless
- hideous
- impolite
- improper
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- loud
- low
- low-down
- makeshift
- off-color
- ornate
- ostentatious
- outlandish
- pretentious
- raunchy
- rough
- rude
- showy
- stupid
- tacky
- tactless
- tawdry
- trivial
- uncouth
- unlovely
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- unsightly
- useless
- wild
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.