gaudiness
Example Sentences
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Mostly, I enjoyed how ordinary the evening felt with its corny jokes, gaudiness, desperation and self-congratulation.
From New York Times
Most of the trees still held their leaves, and most remained green, like a woodland silent majority, quietly reminding us of spring and summer, and seemingly content to leave gaudiness to others.
From Washington Post
Perhaps that gaudiness was the point, but from what we saw on social media, it lacked any kind of self-awareness that would make that point clear.
From New York Times
And I love the gaudiness of Las Vegas; I love everything about it.
From Los Angeles Times
It stands as a subtle rebuke to contemporary excess and gaudiness, etched like salt spray on the sparse landscape: silent, transparent, elemental.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.