gaudiness
Excessive visual loudness
Gaudiness is the quality of being tastelessly showy or excessively ornate.
It suggests cheap flashiness—bright colors, heavy ornamentation, or ostentatious display that lacks refinement: the gaudiness of the casino's décor, She mistook gaudiness for elegance.
Tasteless, garish art
- tastelessHaving no flavor
- tawdryCheaply ornate and vulgar
- chintzyGaudy yet cheap
- vulgarCrude or indecent
crass · cheap · shoddy · tacky · plastic · gauche · kitschy · cheesy
Thoroughly soaked through
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- brightEmitting or reflecting light
- boldCourageous and daring
- intenseExtreme in degree
clashing · loud · garish · eye-catching · kaleidoscopic · chromatic · fluorescent · technicolor
Decorative metallic flecks
- sequinsSmall reflective fabric ornaments
- shimmerTremulous, wavering light
- sparkleEmit flashing light
- neonInert illuminating element
metallic · iridescent · shiny · glossy · lustrous · reflective · rhinestones · bedazzled
kitsch
Tasteless, garish art
vulgar · crass · cheap · shoddy · tacky · plastic · gauche · kitschy · cheesy · schlocky
saturated
Thoroughly soaked through
intense · clashing · loud · garish · eye-catching · kaleidoscopic · chromatic · fluorescent · technicolor · psychedelic
glitter
Decorative metallic flecks
neon · metallic · iridescent · shiny · glossy · lustrous · reflective · rhinestones · bedazzled · tinsel
luxurious
Marked by costly elegance
decadent · ornate · baroque · rococo · plush · velvet · gold-plated · bejeweled · brocade · gilded
- tackinesstackiness, garishness, trashiness, flashiness, showiness
- Kitschkitsch, kitschy, tacky, garish, cheesy
- Tacky decorkitsch, garishness, tchotchkes, knickknacks, baubles
- camphigh camp, kitsch, theatricality, flamboyance, exaggeration
- flashy fakesfake, sham, counterfeit, imitation, phony
- unstylishnessunstylish, unfashionable, tastelessness, dowdiness, frumpiness
gaudinesssimplicity
Lack of complexity
plainness · minimalism · austerity · understatement · restraint
gaudinesselegance
Refined, graceful quality
tastefulness · refinement · sophistication · gracefulness · classiness
gaudinessunderstatement
Intentional diminishment for effect
restraint · subtlety · modesty · conservativeness · discretion
gaudy, gaudily, bedizen, gaudier, gaudiest, gaud, tawdriness