gaudy

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A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations
Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner

Gaudy jewellery might offend some people's sense of style. But former heavyweight champion and grilling-machine entrepreneur George Foreman is philosophical about today's craze for bling-bling.

{n} a feast
{a} showy, ostentatiously fine
festive
{s} showy, flashy, garish; tacky; excessively colorful, overly ornamented
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited
disapproval If something is gaudy, it is very brightly-coloured and showy. her gaudy orange-and-purple floral hat. = garish. clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are too bright and look cheap - used to show disapproval (gaud (14-19 centuries), probably from gaudir )
A feast or festival; called also gaud-day and gaudy day
a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university
Excessively showy or ornamented in a tasteless or vulgar manner
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious
Gay; merry; festal
A jolly good (normally annual) college dinner for old members
tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
gaudish
gaudiness
Pretension in appearance. Overly done and distastefully adorned

Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation, they want it to be tasteful and understated.

gaudily
{a} with gaudiness, showily, finely, gaily
gaudiness
{n} showiness, a tinsel appearance, finery
Gaudi
{i} family name
gaudi
Spanish architect who was a leading exponent of art nouveau in Europe (1852-1926)
gaudily
In a gaudy manner
gaudily
showily, flashily, in a garish manner
gaudiness
{i} garishness, loudness, tackiness
gaudiness
tasteless showiness
gaudiness
The quality of being gaudy
gaudiness
strident color or excessive ornamentation
gaudy
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