Gar·ish a.
1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. “The garish sun.” “A garish flag.” --Shak. “In . . . garish colors.” --Asham. “The garish day.” --J. H. Newman.
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer. Taylor.
2. Gay to extravagance; flighty.
It makes the mind loose and garish. --South.
-- Gar*ish*ly, adv. -- Gar*ish*ness, n.
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garishness
n 1: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness,
brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz]
2: strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: gaudiness]