Garish — is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria s borders with their first two records amaurose pur. and wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag , their third album Absender auf… … Wikipedia
Garish — Allgemeine Informationen Genre(s) Pop Gründung 1997 Website http://www.garish.at … Deutsch Wikipedia
garish — [gar′ish, ger′ish] adj. [earlier gaurish, prob. < ME gauren, to stare] 1. too bright or gaudy; showy; glaring [garish colors] 2. gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc. garishly adv. garishness n … English World dictionary
garish — I adjective bedizened, blatant, blinding, cheap, cheaply magnificent, coarse, crude, dazzling, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, in bad taste, indelicate, loud, obtrusive, ostentatious, pompous, pretentious, showy,… … Law dictionary
garish — 1540s, possibly from obsolete M.E. gawren to stare (c.1200), which is of uncertain origin (perhaps from O.N. gaurr rough fellow ) + ISH (Cf. ish). Related: Garishness … Etymology dictionary
garish — *gaudy, tawdry, flashy, meretricious Analogous words: resplendent, gorgeous, *splendid: *showy, ostentatious, pretentious Antonyms: somber … New Dictionary of Synonyms
garish — [adj] flashy, tasteless blatant, brassy, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, gaudy, glaring, glittering, kitschy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, overdone, overwrought, raffish, screaming*, showy, tawdry, tinsel, vulgar; concept 589 Ant … New thesaurus
garish — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obtrusively bright and showy; lurid. DERIVATIVES garishly adverb garishness noun. ORIGIN of unknown origin … English terms dictionary
garish — [[t]ge͟ərɪʃ[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way. They climbed the garish purple carpeted stairs... Residents have boycotted the restaurant… … English dictionary
garish — adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1545 1. clothed in vivid colors 2. a. excessively or disturbingly vivid < garish colors > < garish imagery > b. offensively or distressingly bright ; glaring 3. tastelessly showy … New Collegiate Dictionary
