garishness
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But it’s tricky to maintain a balance between eliciting sympathy for the central duo and making sport of them, in all their preening garishness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
This peacock stands out even in Macau, a city that embraces garishness almost as much as it does light pollution.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2025
Director of photography Alexander Dynan uses a lighting scheme that can best be described as subtly oppressive, almost shroudlike, pressing down on the casino scenes, muting their garishness.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2021
She’s fascinated with the grotesquerie and garishness of new money, watching from a clinical remove as her subjects expose the most tacky, contemptible, pathetic sides of themselves.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 4, 2019
Across his brow a constellation of acne had a new-minted look, its garishness softened by the sepia light.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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