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garish

[gair-ish, gar-] / ˈgɛər ɪʃ, ˈgær- /


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“How can we make it even more garish and hideous?” he recalls thinking during the gold-leaf process.

From Salon • May 17, 2026

In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

Dozens of stores selling fireworks resembling flamethrowers and packaged in garish boxes saw little foot traffic on a weekday morning.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

She heads to an unnamed city in the south of Europe, where her garish clothes draw ridicule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Even the shortest ferry ride delivered him to a new island nation, garish and imposing.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead




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