garish
/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.58 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.
Example Sentences
- "The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish."
- ""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;[…].""
- "On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant."
- "Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish."
- "She also said that Thameslink trains were deliberately garish, so as to lure drivers stuck on the M1, which runs alongside the line around Radlett."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: gawren, gá
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/
- British English: /ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/
Inflected Forms
more garish (comparative)
most garish (superlative)