| slovo | definícia |
garishness
(encz) | garishness,křiklavost n: Zdeněk Brož |
garishness
(encz) | garishness,přeplácanost n: Zdeněk Brož |
garishness
(encz) | garishness,přezdobenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
garishness
(gcide) | garishness \gar"ish*ness\ n.
1. tasteless showiness.
Syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness,
tawdriness, glitz.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. strident color or excessive ornamentation.
Syn: gaudiness.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Garishness
(gcide) | Garish \Gar"ish\ (g[^a]r"[i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare;
of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]
1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting
attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." --Shak. "In
. . . garish colors." --Asham. "The garish day." --J. H.
Newman.
[1913 Webster]
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. Gay to extravagance; flighty.
[1913 Webster]
It makes the mind loose and garish. --South.
-- Gar"ish*ly, adv. -- Gar"ish*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] |
garishness
(wn) | garishness
n 1: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness,
gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness,
tawdriness, glitz]
2: strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: garishness,
gaudiness] |
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garishness
(encz) | garishness,křiklavost n: Zdeněk Brožgarishness,přeplácanost n: Zdeněk Brožgarishness,přezdobenost n: Zdeněk Brož |
vinegarishness
(encz) | vinegarishness, n: |
garishness
(gcide) | garishness \gar"ish*ness\ n.
1. tasteless showiness.
Syn: flashiness, gaudiness, loudness, meretriciousness,
tawdriness, glitz.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. strident color or excessive ornamentation.
Syn: gaudiness.
[WordNet 1.5]Garish \Gar"ish\ (g[^a]r"[i^]sh), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare;
of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]
1. Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting
attention. "The garish sun." "A garish flag." --Shak. "In
. . . garish colors." --Asham. "The garish day." --J. H.
Newman.
[1913 Webster]
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness. --Jer.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
2. Gay to extravagance; flighty.
[1913 Webster]
It makes the mind loose and garish. --South.
-- Gar"ish*ly, adv. -- Gar"ish*ness, n. --Jer. Taylor.
[1913 Webster] |
garishness
(wn) | garishness
n 1: tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness, garishness,
gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness,
tawdriness, glitz]
2: strident color or excessive ornamentation [syn: garishness,
gaudiness] |
vinegarishness
(wn) | vinegarishness
n 1: a sourness resembling that of vinegar [syn: vinegariness,
vinegarishness] |
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