Definitions for garish

garish gar·ish

Spelling: [gair-ish, gar-]
IPA: /ˈgɛər ɪʃ, ˈgær-/

Garish is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 104 anagrams from letters in garish (aghirs).

Definitions for garish

adjective

  1. crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
  2. excessively ornate or elaborate, as buildings or writings.
  3. dressed in or ornamented with bright colors.
  4. excessively bright; glaring.

Origin of garish

1535-45; earlier gaurish, perhaps equivalent to obsolete gaure to stare (Middle English gauren Old Norse) + -ish1

Examples for garish

It was like Halloween for a decade, and the colors were garish, and the style was just phenomenal for us to look back on.

The value of these terms lies in their baroqueness, in the way they pile up upon each other like garish baubles.

The entire structure has been newly painted in a variety of garish colors.

"It seems to be shrinking from the garish light of day," suggested Happie.

The extensive wood carvings inside and outside will be painted in garish colors, like this family room shown in a finished home.

Named after the British actress Jane Birkin, the handbag has no garish logos.

A section of the roof turned a garish yellow as Kennon circled the building.

Rich as he was, he owned no home except a garish mansion in New York.

And it flourishes by gaslight; by day it is garish and forlorn.

The voices of the children and the birds are hushed this garish noon.

Word Value for garish
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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