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• n  tasteless showiness
• n  strident color or excessive ornamentation

• I knew it wasn't the time for gaudiness, for elaborate sets and costumes.
• Critics deride the Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural Chernobyl, an ostentatious talent show in which gaudiness and sex appeal have more currency than musical ability.
• STEPPING OUT: Chen Yifei's haute couture is a departure from the drabness of socialism and the gaudiness of sudden wealth.

• flashiness
• garishness
• loudness
• brashness
• meretriciousness
• tawdriness
• glitz

News & Articles

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• The 404 1,325: Where Apple goes mining for fool's gold (podcast)
  On today's 404 episode we'll gawk at the gaudiness of a gold Apple iPhone, crown a smartphone the king of Bridget Carey's smartphone camera shootout, and learn how to submit our NSFW selfies for an upcoming Brooklyn art exhibition. [Read more]        
  Aug. 20, 2013 - CNET

Quotes

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• Dave Zirin in TIME
  Study your own beauty culture possibilities and without overdoing your beauty treatment at the risk of attaining gaudiness, practice the little measure that will reflect well on your appearance and personality as a real All-American girl,...