Sample Sentences forgarish (editor-reviewed)
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The clown’s garish outfit, with its bright colors and bold patterns, made the children laugh.garish = tastelessly showy
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The garish neon lights of the casino were visible from miles away.
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...and garish furniture that looked like it had been scavenged from several disco-era yard sales. (source)
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By comparison, the chariot costume seems garish, the interview dress too contrived. (source)
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At each seat was a cheap cardboard fan bearing a garish Garden of Gethsemane, courtesy Tyndal's Hardware Co. (You-Name-It-We-Sell-It). (source)
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The islands, sealed in blackness a moment before, were a blaze of garish light. (source)garish = excessively bright
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She was wearing makeup, including a garish shade of green eye shadow. (source)garish = tastelessly showy
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These kids had shown up with a garishly painted plastic robot that was partially assembled from scrap parts. (source)garishly = in a manner that is tastelessly showy
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During the daytime the gabachos put on phony sombreros, rode rhinestone-garished horses, and applauded one Hat Dance after another.† (source)
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Across his brow a constellation of acne had a new-minted look, its garishness softened by the sepia light.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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She sees crying as a sign of weakness, a garish appeal for attention, and she won't indulge it. (source)garish = tastelessly showy
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To me, the whole effect looked wrong: too large, too green, too garishly ornate.† (source)
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I wonder if maybe she'd chosen it, out of the others, because it was less garish. (source)
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For a pittance, people could ride nearly anywhere they wanted on a modern, safe, garishly decorated electric railway system.† (source)
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I find a particularly fat clan dressed in garish yellow silk and awful feathers, all enjoying a massive cake. (source)
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The imp's diminutive size and festive outfit seemed garishly out of place against the hellish backdrop of gnarled dvergar and vyes hammering steel and plunging their works into quenching tubs that sent up squealing plumes of steam into the air.† (source)
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