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Nearby residents dont want any gaudiness in the buildings renovation, they want it to be tasteful and understated.
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Gaudiness — Gaud i*ness, n. The quality of being gaudy. Whitlock. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gaudiness — index pretense (ostentation) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
gaudiness — c.1600, from GAUDY (Cf. gaudy) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
gaudiness — gaudy ► ADJECTIVE (gaudier, gaudiest) ▪ extravagantly or tastelessly bright or showy. DERIVATIVES gaudily adverb gaudiness noun. ORIGIN probably from Old French gaudir rejoice , from Latin gaudere … English terms dictionary
gaudiness — noun see gaudy I … New Collegiate Dictionary
gaudiness — See gaudily. * * * … Universalium
gaudiness — Synonyms and related words: Barnumism, affectation, apparent character, appearances, arsenic green, bedizenment, beggarliness, big talk, blatancy, brazenness, cheapness, clashing colors, coarseness, color clash, colorfulness, contemptibleness,… … Moby Thesaurus
gaudiness — gaud·i·ness || gÉ”Ëdɪnɪs n. garishness, loudness, tackiness … English contemporary dictionary
gaudiness — gaud·i·ness … English syllables
gaudiness — noun 1. tasteless showiness • Syn: ↑flashiness, ↑garishness, ↑loudness, ↑brashness, ↑meretriciousness, ↑tawdriness, ↑glitz • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary