Topic: COLOURS
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gar‧ish
CC very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at [= brash; ≠ subtle]: Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste. garish colors
Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste.garish colors —garishly adverb: a garishly painted house
a garishly painted house —garishness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: colour WORD FOCUS: colour a particular kind of colour: shade, hint, hue
words for describing dark colours: dark, deep, rich
words for describing light colours: light, pale, soft, pastel
words for describing bright colours: bright, brilliant, vivid, garish disapproving, gaudy disapproving
having a lot of colours: colourful, multicoloured British English/multicolored American English
➔ See also colour
