GAUDY

flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty

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

brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy

(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”

gaudy

(noun) (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Adjective

gaudy (comparative gaudier, superlative gaudiest)

very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner

(obsolete) fun; merry; festive

Synonyms

• (excessively showy): tawdry, flashy, garish, kitschy

• Thesaurus:gaudy

Noun

gaudy (plural gaudies)

One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.

Etymology 2

Noun

gaudy (plural gaudies)

A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the summer vacations.

Source: Wiktionary

Gaud"y, a. [Compar. Gaudier; superl. Gauidiest.]

1. Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak.

2. Gay; merry; festal. Tennyson. Let's have one other gaudy night. Shak.

Gaud"y, n.; pl. Gaudies Etym: [See Gaud, n.]

Definition: One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited. [Obs.] Gower.

Gaud"y, n.

Definition: A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day. [Oxford Univ.] Conybeare.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition