| garish | 1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." . "In . . . Garish colours." . "The garish day." . "Garish like the laughters of drunkenness." (Jer. Taylor) 2. Gay to extravagance; flighty. "It makes the mind loose and garish." (South) Gar"ishly, Garishness. Origin: Cf. OE. Gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gairish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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