The living room was decorated in garish colors, making it hard to relax.
客厅装饰得过于鲜艳,让人难以放松。
Choose the best synonym for the word “garish”:
B — gaudy. “garish” means adj. excessively bright, colorful, and showy
The decorations at the party were so _____ that many guests found them off-putting.
A — garish. “garish” means adj. excessively bright, colorful, and showy
garish — adj. excessively bright, colorful, and showy. In Chinese: 过于鲜艳的,俗丽的.
garish is pronounced /ˈɡɛrɪʃ/. It breaks into 2 syllables: gar · ish.
The living room was decorated in garish colors, making it hard to relax. (客厅装饰得过于鲜艳,让人难以放松。)
gaudy, flashy, lurid, tacky — all close in meaning to garish (adj. excessively bright, colorful, and showy).
Yes. garish appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
gar(overly)+ish(adjective suffix)