1
: clothed in vivid colors
a garish clown
2
a
: excessively or disturbingly vivid
garish colors
garish imagery
b
: offensively or distressingly bright : glaring
3
: tastelessly showy : flashy
garish neon signs
garishly
adverb
garishness
noun
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the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary
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Georgie’s cake is equally garish and brilliant and inspired by her auntie’s bathroom, which had a carpet and, most likely, one of those little dolls with a crocheted skirt to hold an extra roll of toilet paper.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Ryan enjoys the performances of Quinn and Hechinger, both perversely weird and in garish face powder and recalling Joaquin Phoenix’s incestuous turn in the first film, but the movie doesn’t quite go far enough into the twisted and weird.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Tom did grow up an orphan, under the care of his garish Aunt Dottie.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
First exhibited in Italy, these paintings and prints match the exuberance of their sitters with kaleidoscopic colors; their transfers appear enlivened by Warhol’s generous brush or swaths of garish collage.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
Ryan enjoys the performances of Quinn and Hechinger, both perversely weird and in garish face powder and recalling Joaquin Phoenix’s incestuous turn in the first film, but the movie doesn’t quite go far enough into the twisted and weird.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
Tom did grow up an orphan, under the care of his garish Aunt Dottie.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
First exhibited in Italy, these paintings and prints match the exuberance of their sitters with kaleidoscopic colors; their transfers appear enlivened by Warhol’s generous brush or swaths of garish collage.
—Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Garish.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garish. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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garish
adjective
gar·ish
ˈga(ə)r-ish 
ˈge(ə)r-
: too bright or showy : gaudy
garishly
adverb
garishness
noun
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