Dictionary Entry

gaudy

gaudy is a 5-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1superlative
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
2superlative
Gay; merry; festal.
3noun
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
4noun
A feast or festival; -- called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
5noun
(Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college
6adjective
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Synonyms
flashy jazzy showy sporty
7adjective
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"
"a flashy ring"
Synonyms
brassy cheap flash flashy garish gimcrack loud meretricious tacky tatty tawdry trashy

Synonyms

flashy jazzy showy sporty brassy cheap flash garish gimcrack loud meretricious tacky tatty tawdry trashy

Common word forms

gaudier gaudies gaudily gaudiest

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