GAUDINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gaudiness mean? 

• GAUDINESS (noun)
  The noun GAUDINESS has 2 senses:

1. tasteless showiness

2. strident color or excessive ornamentation

  Familiarity information: GAUDINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAUDINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tasteless showiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness

Hypernyms ("gaudiness" is a kind of...):

tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)

Derivation:

gaudy ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)

gaudy (tastelessly showy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Strident color or excessive ornamentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

garishness; gaudiness

Hypernyms ("gaudiness" is a kind of...):

ugliness (qualities of appearance that do not give pleasure to the senses)

Derivation:

gaudy ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)

gaudy (tastelessly showy)

 Context examples 

A universe of ineffable gaudiness spun itself out in his brain while the clock ticked on the wash-stand and the moon soaked with wet light his tangled clothes upon the floor.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)