gaudy
adjective
, ˈgä-\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for gaudy
Synonyms: Adjective
flamboyant, flaring, flashy, garish, glitzy, loud, noisy, ostentatious, razzle-dazzle, splashy, swank (or swanky)
Antonyms: Adjective
conservative, quiet, understated, unflamboyant, unflashy
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Examples of gaudy in a Sentence
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The showgirls wore gaudy costumes. They bought the house for a gaudy sum.Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
This fantastically gaudy production, directed by Alex Timbers, is an inventive, glorious celebration of pop tunes ranging from soft rock to hip-hop, all of them put in a glittery blender and served with a naughty wink. — Kyle Smith, National Review, "The Hottest New Show on Broadway Is . . .," 30 Aug. 2019 Only a few days ago, Sloter ripped apart the hapless understudies on Arizona’s defense, completing 6 of 7 passes for 102 yards, a touchdown and a gaudy 158.3 quarterback rating in a preseason victory. — Mark Kiszla, The Denver Post, "Kiszla: Are Buzzkill Broncos so bad on offense it will again doom star linebacker Von Miller to failure in 2019?," 27 Aug. 2019 Here’s where the real gaudy fun of any fair is to be found — the carnival midway, with its games of skill (more than 30 in all), its Ferris wheels, its bold colors and useless (but oh so cool!) prizes. — Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, "How to spend the perfect day at the Maryland State Fair," 20 Aug. 2019 But there are plenty of models out there without gaudy candelabra lights and annoyingly long pull chains. — Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, "The 8 Best Ceiling Fans for Silent Yet Powerful Airflow," 19 Aug. 2019 In the capital city Ashgabat, a giant mechanical monument of the book painted in gaudy colors opens at 8 p.m. each night with a light display and a plays audio of a passage from the text. — CNN, "A hermit nation ruled by an egomaniac: Is Turkmenistan on the brink of collapse?," 10 Aug. 2019 With most of his weapons back, beginning with an NFL-caliber receiving corps, Tagovailoa enters his junior — and surely final — season positioned to improve on last season’s gaudy numbers. — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "2019 College Football Countdown: No. 1 Alabama expected to return to top after loss," 22 Aug. 2019 Zimmer shrugged off third-stringer Kyle Sloter again putting up gaudy numbers in Sunday’s 25-19 preseason win over Seattle. — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, "With Sean Mannion likely to be Vikings’ backup QB, Mike Zimmer shrugs off Kyle Sloter’s gaudy preseason stats," 20 Aug. 2019 Bemboom, 29, has posted gaudy numbers in the offense-happy Pacific Coast League, batting .410 with a 1.157 on-base-plus-slugging percentage in 11 games for Salt Lake. — Maria Torres, Los Angeles Times, "Is the Angels’ Jose Suarez tipping his pitches? If so, he’s making changes," 11 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
But with Siemian going mostly against second-team players and Sloter mostly against third-team guys, the latter’s gaudy stats apparently didn’t impress Zimmer a lot. — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, "Inconsistency by Kyle Sloter could factor in Sean Mannion being Vikings’ backup QB," 27 July 2019 Cultural theorist Susan Sontag viewed camp as an indescribable ephemera that often involved the gaudy, the glitzy, and the unexpected. — Vogue, "This Summer, Go Full Mermaid With a Campy Seashell Motif," 29 Apr. 2019 The place—decked out in swaths of gold, red, and purple—is a little gaudy, but that's how the locals like it. — Janice Leung Hayes, Condé Nast Traveler, "19 Best Dim Sum Spots in Hong Kong," 5 Mar. 2018 During the joint press conference with Raúl Castro, there wasn’t a gaudy row of 12 overlapping American and Cuban flags as a backdrop, as there was at the greeting with Kim at the Capella Hotel. — Fabiola Santiago, miamiherald, "The Trump-Rubio politics of hypocrisy: Cuba, no deal. North Korea? ‘Has great beaches.’," 12 June 2018 By all accounts, the concert itself was a gaudy, elaborate affair, with venue owner Bill Graham orchestrating a gargantuan white-tie Thanksgiving dinner for 5,000 attendees, while actual ballroom dancers waltzed throughout. — Morgan Enos, Billboard, "'The Last Waltz' Soundtrack 40th Anniversary: 5 Noteworthy Performances From the Concert," 7 Apr. 2018 The elegant granite structure, whose architectural character Trump had promised to preserve, was now besmirched by a gaudy, faux-gold sign bearing his name. — Nick Tabor, Daily Intelligencer, "501 Days in Swampland," 1 Apr. 2018 As a rookie, Matsuzaka went 15-12 with 201 strikeouts but a gaudy 4.40 ERA (108 ERA+), still good for 4.1 WAR. — Jay Jaffe, SI.com, "Ranking the Best Rookie Seasons Among Japanese Players to Join MLB," 9 Dec. 2017 Kyrie Irving dropped 30 to lead the Celtics, and some of his play down the stretch was gaudy as well. — Dakota Crawford, Indianapolis Star, "Celtics on Bogdanovic's gaffe: 'Lucky for us, he didn't want any part of the ball'," 18 Dec. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'gaudy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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