Definitions
Too bright, showy, loud, or tasteless in appearance.
Word origin
Unknown, possibly from obsolete Middle English gawren (“to stare”) which is of uncertain origin, probably from Old Norse gá (“to watch, heed”) or gaurr (“rough fellow”) (Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-rós, from *gʰew- (“to be angry”)). Compare with English gaw.
Used in a sentence
“The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.”
“Leela: He gave me mechanical ears / Effective though just a bit garish.”
“She also said that Thameslink trains were deliberately garish, so as to lure drivers stuck on the M1, which runs alongside the line around Radlett.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Too showy”6 letters
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