gaudiness

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 

View all »
Definitions (4)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (1)

  1. The quality or condition of being gaudy; showiness; ostentatiousness. It is not the richness of the price, but the gaudiness of the colour, which exposes to censure. South, Works, IV. i.

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (2)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples

  • The human vehicles were prone to gaudiness, some even downright ugly. —  Analog Science Fiction and Fact
  • Their escort did not halt, however, but pushed on, followed by a great crowd of Mormons, until they reached a waggon, which was conspicuous for its great size and for the gaudiness and smartness of its appearance. —  A Study in Scarlet
  • The use of a little gum guacum in solution will be found occasionally advantageous; this gum is fairly hard and will lower the colour and prevent too much of an approach to gaudiness, that is, if a highly coloured varnish has been found necessary. —  The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII.
  • The idea of gaudiness is apt to associate itself in our minds with Indian trappings, but we must confess that the simple grace and force of these rustic adornments would put to shame many a glittering article of more modern wear. —  Wampum A Paper Presented to the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia
  • You can achieve a gleam without gaudiness. —  A Body In The Bath House
 

Tags

gaudiness hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

Gaudiness has been looked up 99 times, favorited 0 times, listed 0 times, and commented on 0 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

If you'd like to prod us on getting a pronunciation for this word, sign in (or sign up) and let us know.

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about once a year.

Recent Lookups

appeal · impalpable · gentleness · anapestic · open-worked

Recent Favorites

TelePalmter · Espoo · stick-to-it-iveness · supine · doxastic

Recent Pronunciations

milosrdenstvi · lichen-covered · futon · sagacity · monoragngocious