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Too bright or showy, in a tasteless way.

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Usage examples (33)
  • Now, a lot of the time, this is littered with various large kids 'toys, things to ride on in garish colors and whatnot.
  • As well call the garish new building on the embankment Sion College.
  • They were intensely pulling out and evaluating anything that could best be described as garish, extravagant, and outrageous.
  • My guess is that their writing is too "garish" for the etiolated sensibilities of the New York/Boston tastemakers.
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