garish

Senso (Inglese)

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

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/

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.