Gaudy

Word GAUDY
Character 5
Hyphenation gaud y
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Gaudy"

What do we mean by gaudy?

One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Gaudy

The word "gaudy" in example sentences

Bender's fiction accepts those constraints and relates decidedly familiar stories dressed up in gaudy but cheap disguises. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You nod and smile with every paragraph, and wish the story would unroll into a novel, breaking the boundaries of the book, streaming in gaudy tapestries, out through the door and into the blue wide yonder - to the place where awards are distributed and happy critics fall over themselves to lavish praise (this story did not win any awards, by the way) Why am I so excited about this? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The odds were amazingly against me finding a hat I would ever wear again, because as you may recall, these retailers specialize in beachwear that makes the word gaudy hang its head in shame. ❋ Unknown (2010)

There is nothing worse than seeing art that wallows in gaudy baubles. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The riotous colors and designs celebrate different fiestas ... white pompoms and streamers for the church, and for birthdays, big earthenware jars dressed in gaudy colors. ❋ Unknown (1997)

I understood that the god of the Gentiles was no better than a toy, to be dressed up in gaudy stuffs and carried in processions. ❋ Unknown (1912)

These damsels, in gaudy garments of emerald green, bright rose, and flaming yellow, were squatting outside their cabins or lounging unveiled about the thresholds of two or three dismal dens of cafés in the market-place. ❋ Unknown (1891)

The Praetorian praefect, the praefect of Rome, the quaestor, the master of the offices, with the public and patrimonial treasurers, * whose functions are painted in gaudy colors by the rhetoric of Cassiodorus, still continued to act as the ministers of state. ❋ Unknown (1206)

A McMansion generally refers to a gaudy, oversize, spanking-new dwelling situated on a piece of land that can barely contain its size, the unfortunate result being that most McMansions stand cheek-to-jowl with their next door neighbors. ❋ Paco Underhill (2010)

This apparently very rich middle-aged man appears out of nowhere, buys and renovates a local mansion, and fills it with fancy pieces of furniture and a lot of pop art, which Updike describes as gaudy travesties of the ordinary — giant pay telephones in limp canvas, American flags duplicated in impasto, ... relentless enlargements of our comic strips and advertising insignia, our movie stars and bottle caps, our candies and newspapers and traffic signs. ❋ Lurie, Alison (2009)

One of their arguments involved excessive beauty—that is, the gaudy anatomical modifications found in iridescent-feathered hummingbirds, in peacocks, in elaborate orchids, in birds of paradise, and in other extravagantly decorative creatures. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

Condescending to the concert hall, he is bored by the posse of enemy aliens in funereal black, and so demands a vocal soloist -- that is, a gaudy creature of such advanced corsetting that she can make him forget Bach for a while, and turn his thoughts pleasantly to amorous intrigue. ❋ Unknown (1918)

He took a great gaudy blossom -- if flowers can ever be called gaudy -- and stuck its stalk in the pocket of his coat. ❋ Unknown (1907)

It's a tiny bit gaudy, which isn't something I'd expect from Valentino. ❋ Joy-Mari Cloete (2010)

Although it might be described as gaudy by some and stylish by others, it is easy enough to agree that the Qosmio X305 is at least eye catching. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The flashy visuals that the achieving hegemonic teens rejected as "gaudy" like hip hop bling remained the preferred networking interface for Latino/Hispanic and immigrant teens, geeks, freaks, punks and queers. ❋ Claire Gordon (2010)

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