GARISHNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does garishness mean? 

• GARISHNESS (noun)
  The noun GARISHNESS has 2 senses:

1. tasteless showiness

2. strident color or excessive ornamentation

  Familiarity information: GARISHNESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GARISHNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tasteless showiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness

Hypernyms ("garishness" is a kind of...):

tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)

Derivation:

garish (tastelessly showy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strident color or excessive ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

garishness; gaudiness

Hypernyms ("garishness" is a kind of...):

ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

garish (tastelessly showy)