garish

(Anglais)

Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: gawren

Appartenant à anglais: gaw

In summary

Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.

Concepts

criard

tapageur

voyant

bariolé

fort

économique

tapageurtapageur

tape-à-l’œil

éclat superficiel

faux brillant

Synonymes

gaudy

showy

loud

flashy

meretricious

tawdry

flamboyant

tacky

gimcrack

glaring

ostentatious

trashy

cheap

brassy

tatty

flash

kitschy

loudmouthed

lurid

offensive

ornate

pungent

savourless

show off

sporty

swanky

tasteless

unbecoming

unsavory

unsavoury

unstylish

violent

vulgar

savorless

screamy

styleless

acid

razzle dazzle

bland

blatant

bright

cheesy

colorful

dashing

dazzling

fancy

flavorless

flavourless

florid

flossy

Traductions

grell

auffallend

llamativo

jaskrawy

krzykliwy

schreiend

hoppa

cafcaflı

gösterişli

pacchiano

φανταχτερός

schel

espalhafatoso

prunkhaft

Pomp