gaudiness

/'gɔ:dinis/

Thân thiện

The room's gaudiness was overwhelming, with clashing patterns and bright colors everywhere.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Strident color or excessive ornamentation: The quality of being overly bright, showy, or decorated in a way that is not elegant or tasteful.
   • Tasteless showiness: A lack of good aesthetic judgment resulting in a vulgar or ostentatious appearance.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The gaudiness of the costume, with its sequins and neon colors, was overwhelming.
  • Critics panned the building's design for its sheer gaudiness and lack of subtlety.
  • He disliked the gaudiness of the casino's interior, preferring more subdued decor.

Advanced Usage

• "Garish gaudiness": An intensified phrase emphasizing extreme and unpleasant showiness.

  • The room's garish gaudiness made it feel more like a carnival than a living space.

• "To border on gaudiness": To approach being tastelessly showy.

  • Her jewelry was elaborate but managed to stop just short of gaudiness.

Variants and Related Words

• Gaudy (adj): Conspicuously and tastelessly showy or bright.

  • She wore a gaudy necklace that sparkled under the lights.

• Gaud (n, archaic): A showy ornament or trinket; a piece of cheap finery.

  • The market stall was filled with gauds and souvenirs.

Synonyms

• Garishness: Harsh, bright, and overly elaborate appearance.
• Flashiness: Ostentatious and often cheap brilliance or showiness.
• Tawdriness: Showy but cheap and of poor quality.
• Ostentation: Pretentious and vulgar display intended to impress.

Antonyms

• Sobriety: The quality of being plain, modest, and restrained in appearance.
• Elegance: The quality of being graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
• Subtlety: The quality of being delicate, understated, and not obvious.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "All that glitters is not gold": This proverb relates to the concept of gaudiness by warning that a showy, attractive exterior may not indicate true value or quality. Something with gaudiness may glitter but lack substance.

Học thuật

Noun

1. strident color or excessive ornamentation
2. tasteless showiness

Từ đồng nghĩa

• garishness
• flashiness
• loudness
• brashness
• meretriciousness
• tawdriness
• glitz