Usually means: Adorned with cheap, showy trinkets.
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▸ adjective:  Covered in or decorated with gewgaws.

Similar:
gaud, novelty, bauble, trinket, fallal, bangle, beady, haberdashed, gaudy, begemmed, more...

Opposite:
plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished

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Similar:
gaud, novelty, bauble, trinket, fallal, bangle, beady, haberdashed, gaudy, begemmed, more...

Opposite:
plain, simple, unadorned, unembellished



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