Usually means: Excessively bright and showy appearance.
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  1. garishness: Merriam-Webster
  2. garishness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. garishness: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. garishness: Wordnik
  6. garishness: Wiktionary
  7. Garishness, garishness: Dictionary.com
  8. garishness: Rhymezone
  9. garishness: FreeDictionary.org
  10. garishness: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. garishness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (garishness)

▸ noun:  The quality of being garish.

Similar:
tawdriness, brashness, flashiness, glitz, meretriciousness, gaudiness, loudness, glariness, glitziness, garlickiness, more...

Opposite:
subtlety, understated, elegance, simplicity

Adjectives:
such, andgreen, tawdry, general, cruel, chinese, prodigal, very

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Similar:
tawdriness, brashness, flashiness, glitz, meretriciousness, gaudiness, loudness, glariness, glitziness, garlickiness, more...

Opposite:
subtlety, understated, elegance, simplicity

Adjectives:
such, andgreen, tawdry, general, cruel, chinese, prodigal, very



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