gaudy

gaudy

1. ylikoristeellinen

Esimerkkejä:

Gaudi by name, gaudy by nature! Gaudi nimeltään, ylikoristeellinen luonteeltaan!

Synonyymisanakirja

gaudy

värikäs, näyttävä, pramea, upea, mauton, tyylitön, rehentelevä, köykäinen, komeileva, prameileva, korea, leventelevä, pröystäilevä, halpahintainen, epäaistikas, pöyhkeilevä, surkea, banketti, juhla-ateria, virallinen juhla-ateria, suuri juhla-ateria, vuosijuhla.

Rimmaavat sanat

gaudy rimmaa näiden kanssa:

lady, teddy, salibandy, dandy, brandy...

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Englannin sanakirja

gaudy englanniksi

1. very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner

2. Shakespeare

Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.

3. 1813, w:Jane Austen|Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

The rooms were lofty and handsome, and their furniture suitable to the fortune of its proprietor; but Elizabeth saw, with admiration of his taste, that it was neither gaudy nor uselessly fine; with less of splendour, and more real elegance, than the furniture of Rosings.

4. 1887, Homer Greene, Burnham Breaker

A large gaudy, flowing cravat, and an ill-used silk hat, set well back on the wearer's head, completed this somewhat noticeable costume.

5. 2005, Thomas Hauser & Marilyn Cole Lownes, "How Bling-bling Took Over the Ring", The Observer, 9 January 2005

Gaudy jewellery might offend some people's sense of style. But former heavyweight champion and grilling-machine entrepreneur George Foreman is philosophical about today's craze for bling-bling.

6. puhekieltä gay; merry; festive

(rfquotek)

Let's have one other gaudy night.

7. Twain

And then, there he was, slim and handsome, and dressed the gaudiest and prettiest you ever saw...

8. One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

9. A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.

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