gaudy
Showy without taste
Gaudy means tastelessly showy or excessively ornate—bright colors, flashy decorations, or elaborate designs that lack refinement: gaudy jewelry, gaudy Christmas decorations.
The word suggests trying too hard to impress: The casino's gaudy interior featured gold-painted columns and velvet everywhere.
Something gaudy draws attention but not admiration.
Showily excessive
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- showyExcessively eye-catching
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
pretentious · attention-seeking · exhibitionist · over-the-top · grandiose · pompous · splashy · loud
Tastelessly showy
- luridShockingly vivid or gruesome
- loudHigh in volume
- vividIntensely clear and bright
- glaringHarshly conspicuous or bright
brassy · flashy · vibrant · clashing · screaming · eye-catching · neon · multicolored
Vulgar or slightly sticky
vulgar · crass · trashy · tasteless · cheesy · schlocky · junky · plastic
ostentatious
Showily excessive
- flamboyantStrikingly bold in style
- flashyShowy, often tastelessly so
- showyExcessively eye-catching
theatrical · pretentious · attention-seeking · exhibitionist · over-the-top · grandiose · pompous · splashy · loud · brash
garish
Tastelessly showy
glaring · brassy · flashy · vibrant · clashing · screaming · eye-catching · neon · multicolored · psychedelic
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
shoddy · vulgar · crass · trashy · tasteless · cheesy · schlocky · junky · plastic · fake
glittering
Shining with small flashes
bedazzled · shimmering · glitzy · flashy · tinsel · rhinestoned · lamé · metallic · mirrored · spangled
elaborate
Complex and detailed
- embellishedDecorated or exaggerated
- overdoneExcessive in degree
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
fussy · baroque · rococo · bejeweled · encrusted · gilded · decorated · adorned · frilly · busy
- aestheticsaesthetics, aesthetic, beauty, beautiful, ugly
- eye-catchingstriking, conspicuous, noticeable, prominent, eye-catching
- flashyshowy, flamboyant, glitzy, garish, ostentatious
- ornateornate, elaborate, embellished, decorative, ornamental
- uglyugly, hideous, unsightly, grotesque, repulsive
- visual qualitiescolor, hue, saturation, brightness, lightness
gaudyunderstated
Deliberately minimized in expression
subtle · muted · subdued · restrained · plain
gaudytasteful
Aesthetically appropriate and pleasing
elegant · refined · sophisticated · graceful · understated