'Gaudy' definitions:

Definition of 'gaudy'

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adjective
Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]
adjective
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display [syn: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty]
noun
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

Definition of 'Gaudy'

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  • Gaudy \Gaud"y\, n.; pl. Gaudies [See Gaud, n.] One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] --Gower. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gaudy'

From: GCIDE
  • Gaudy \Gaud"y\, n. A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and {gaudy day}. [Oxford Univ.] --Conybeare. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gaudy'

From: GCIDE
  • Gaudy \Gaud"y\, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]
  • 1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. [1913 Webster]
  • Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Gay; merry; festal. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
  • Let's have one other gaudy night. --Shak. [1913 Webster]