Definition of Gaudiness

1. Noun. Tasteless showiness.


2. Noun. Strident color or excessive ornamentation.
Exact synonyms: Garishness
Generic synonyms: Ugliness
Derivative terms: Garish, Gaudy, Gaudy

Definition of Gaudiness

1. n. The quality of being gaudy.

Definition of Gaudiness

1. Noun. Pretension in appearance. Overly done and distastefully adorned. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gaudiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaudiness

gaucier
gauciest
gaucy
gaud
gauded
gaudefroyite
gauderies
gaudery
gaudful
gaudgie
gaudgies
gaudier
gaudies
gaudiest
gaudily
gaudiness (current term)
gaudinesses
gauding
gaudish
gauds
gaudy
gaue
gaufer
gaufers
gauffer
gauffered
gauffering
gauffers
gauffre
gauffres

Literary usage of Gaudiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Painting: German, Fleming, and Dutch Schools by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe, Gustav Friedrich Waagen, Franz Kugler (1898)
"... the Last Supper—in the Louvre, show the master entirely under the theatrical spell of the French school, his colouring even degenerating into gaudiness. ..."

2. The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts by Thomas Allen (1839)
"is chiefly distinguished by its extreme shew and gaudiness ; in general form and arrangement, it is an imitation of the ..."

3. All Around the Wrekin by Walter White (1860)
"A Church without gaudiness—Mass—Breakfast—How to prevent Talking—Incitements to Goodness—The Infirmary—The Dormitory— The Chapter-House—Lay-Brothers at ..."

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