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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I wonder if maybe she'd chosen it, out of the others, because it was less garish. (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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She sees crying as a sign of weakness, a garish appeal for attention, and she won't indulge it. (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 sun streamed garishly over the stony face of the famous locality, and under its influence Mary, the daughter of Joachim, dropped the wimple entirely, and bared her head.† (source)
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