gaudier; gaudiest
1
: ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
gaudy costumes
2
: marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness : outlandish
gaudy lies
gaudy claims
plural gaudies
: a feast or entertainment especially in the form of an annual college dinner at a British university
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Examples of gaudy in a Sentence
Adjective
The showgirls wore gaudy costumes.
They bought the house for a gaudy sum.
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 21 May 2024
At first glance, the gaudy bauble looks cheap, set against Khan’s floppy-haired boyishness, a prop for an infantilized member of a boy band.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
While wearing gaudy lime green T-shirts, neon ties sprouting shamrocks with Gaelic sayings, or singing catchy, sentimental tunes, many people also enjoy an Americanized version of the Celtic culture for a day, whether Irish or not.
—Maureen Murphy, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2024
Those gaudy strikeout numbers continued once the Lancers returned to the Bay Area.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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Adjective
The show, which initially centered on a group of servers and bartenders working at Lisa Vanderpump’s gaudy West Hollywood restaurants, has always seen its cast struggle to make ends meet.
—Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 21 May 2024
At first glance, the gaudy bauble looks cheap, set against Khan’s floppy-haired boyishness, a prop for an infantilized member of a boy band.
—Mallika Rao, Vulture, 8 Mar. 2024
While wearing gaudy lime green T-shirts, neon ties sprouting shamrocks with Gaelic sayings, or singing catchy, sentimental tunes, many people also enjoy an Americanized version of the Celtic culture for a day, whether Irish or not.
—Maureen Murphy, Hartford Courant, 7 Mar. 2024
Those gaudy strikeout numbers continued once the Lancers returned to the Bay Area.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 7 June 2024
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“Gaudy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaudy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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