gaudy

Topic: COLOURS

Date:	1400-1500
Origin:	gaud 'bright decorative object' (14-19 centuries), probably from Old French gaudir 'to enjoy'

gaudy
adjective

gau‧dy

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CC clothes, colours etc that are gaudy are too bright and look cheap - used to show disapproval:

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gaudy jewelry

—gaudily adverb

—gaudiness noun [uncountable]

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

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