garish

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old Norse gaurr (“rough fellow”)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/
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Adjective

garish (comparative more garish, superlative most garish)

  1. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
    The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.
    • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 24962326:
      "My tastes," he said, still smiling, "incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet." And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: "I prefer a farandole to a nocturne; I'd rather have a painting than an etching; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […]."
    • 2003 August 10, Ken Keeler, "The Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings", Futurama, season 5, episode 16, Fox Broadcasting Company
      Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish.

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References

  1. ↑ “garish” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

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