adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a gaudy/garish colour (= loud and usually showing bad taste )
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a gaudy neon sign
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I didn't like the decorations - they looked rather gaudy .
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She smelled of cheap perfume and wore gaudy clothing and fake costume jewellery.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another one put washing on to a line, gaudy bedclothes and sombre shirts.
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Not only was it gaudy in appearance but the smell wafting from the kitchen was distinctly malodorous.
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On the walls, pictures of Mecca and General Zia mingle with gaudy Alpine scenes.
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The beautiful lion fish belongs to this gaudy category and is therefore much easier to avoid.
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The men who tended the garden were well aware that to modern eyes this planting scheme was gaudy and banal.
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Within this area, several males - smaller and less gaudy than the females - establish much smaller territories.
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Yet nothing can quite make up for the gaudy excesses of the auto-da-fe.