Gaudy

Quick meaning: Gaudy is an adjective meaning Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

Meaning

Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

More Meanings

1. (Oxford University) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally during the long vacation.
2. (obsolete) Fun; merry; festive.
3. (archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

Example Sentences

Let's have one other gaudy night.

Not to mention he was draped in those gaudy symbols.

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.

A large gaudy, flowing cravat, and an ill-used silk hat, set well back on the wearer's head, completed this somewhat noticeable costume.

Word Forms

• gaudier
• gaudiest
• gaudies

Synonyms for gaudy

Depending on context, synonyms include tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy, bedizened, blatant.

Antonyms for gaudy

Common opposites include unadorned.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include garish, flashy, showy, sporty, gimcrack, tawdry.

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