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1. Tastelessly showy
   "a gaudy costume"
   - brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy, schlocky
    
2. (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
   - flashy, jazzy, showy, sporty

1. (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held a college

Derived forms: gaudies, gaudiest, gaudier

See also: colorful [US], colourful [Brit, Cdn], gaud [archaic], gaudily, gaudiness, tasteless

Type of: banquet, feast

Encyclopedia: Gaudy