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The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare.
Daniel Hannan

Meaning of "garish" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GARISH

From earlier gaure to stare + -ish.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GARISH

garish  [ˈɡɛərɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GARISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Garish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GARISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Garish

garish - formed in February 1997 - is an Austrian alternative rock band. After having asserted themselves in the alternative scene inside and outside Austria's borders with their first two records "amaurose pur." and "wo die nacht erzaehlt vom tag", their third album "Absender auf Achse" gained favorable press and fan reaction. Despite German lyrics, it is said that their emotional style of music is their "real language". The band was nominated for the Austrian music award "Amadeus" five times, but never won it. The band's name is an English adjective meaning dazzling, stridently coloured or excessively ornamented, gaudy, ostentatious, tastelessly showy, tacky or in raucously poor taste. Other music projects with garish' band members include "Polman Reisen", "Esteban's", "...Auf Pomali", "Bo Candy And His Broken Hearts" and "The Beautiful Kantine Band"...

Definition of garish in the English dictionary

The definition of garish in the dictionary is gay or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; gaudy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GARISH


amateurish
ˈæmətərɪʃ
barish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
bearish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
boorish
ˈbʊərɪʃ
fairish
ˈfɛərɪʃ
feverish
ˈfiːvərɪʃ
gibberish
ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ
harish
ˈhɛərɪʃ
impoverish
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ
lickerish
ˈlɪkərɪʃ
liquorish
ˈlɪkərɪʃ
Moorish
ˈmʊərɪʃ
nightmarish
ˈnaɪtˌmɛərɪʃ
ogrish
ˈəʊɡərɪʃ
Quakerish
ˈkweɪkərɪʃ
sourish
ˈsaʊərɪʃ
squarish
ˈskweərɪʃ
tigerish
ˈtaɪɡərɪʃ
vigorish
ˈvɪɡərɪʃ
wearish
ˈwɛərɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GARISH

gargety
gargle
gargler
gargoyle
gargoyled
gargoylism
gari
garial
garibaldi
garigue
garishly
garishness
garland
garlandage
garlandless
garlandry
garlic
garlic bread
garlic crusher
garlic mayonnaise

WORDS THAT END LIKE GARISH

arish
boarish
cherish
flourish
guarish
interparish
Irish
marish
Northern Irish
nourish
on the parish
parish
perish
Scotch-Irish
the Anglo-Irish
the Irish
tovarish
vagarish
vinegarish
whorish

Synonyms and antonyms of garish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GARISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «garish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of garish

Translation of «garish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GARISH

Find out the translation of garish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of garish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «garish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

过分耀眼的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chillón
570 millions of speakers

English

garish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भड़कीला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متوهج
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

броской
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

berrante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চটকদার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

criard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Baik hati
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

grell
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

けばけばしい
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

지나치게 화려한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Garish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sặc sơ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

garish,
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भपकेदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cafcaflı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vistoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krzykliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

викличною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bătător la ochi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φανταχτερός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kakelbont
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

garish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glorete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of garish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GARISH»

The term «garish» is regularly used and occupies the 72.501 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GARISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «garish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «garish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about garish

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4 QUOTES WITH «GARISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word garish.
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Daniel Hannan
The 'Robben Island Bible' has arrived at the British Museum. It's a garish thing, its cover plastered with pink and gold Hindu images, designed to hide its contents. Within is the finest collection of words generated by human intelligence: the complete works of William Shakespeare.
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Soren Kierkegaard
People commonly travel the world over to see rivers and mountains, new stars, garish birds, freak fish, grotesque breeds of human; they fall into an animal stupor that gapes at existence and they think they have seen something.
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Caroline Knapp
Anorexia is a response to cultural images of the female body - waiflike, angular - that both capitulates to the ideal and also mocks it, strips away all the ancillary signs of sexuality, strips away breasts and hips and butt and leaves in their place a garish caricature, a cruel cartoon of flesh and bone.
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Francis Lawrence
I wish that the circuses that were around now felt like they did then. They're not quite as elegant or as magical as they used to be. There was something about the old tent shows, the Big Top, the canvas, the lights, the sawdust, the hay and the animals that's just missing now. Now, it's all urbanized and maybe a little garish.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GARISH»

Discover the use of garish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to garish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Garish Gardens, Outlandish Lawns
Surveys lawn and garden decorations across the country, including gardens planted in tires, unusual mailboxes, plastic animals, and cut-out figures
Ronald C. Modra, Mary Beth Roberts, 1998
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Romeo and Juliet; Comedy of errors
Give me my Romeo : and, when he shall die,5 Take him and cut him out in little stars,6 And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.7 — O, I have bought the ...
William Shakespeare, 1813
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare
One heav'd a high, to he hurFd down below:: A mother only mock'd with two fair babes ; A dream of what thou wast ; a garish flag *, To be the aim of every dangerous shot7 ; A sign of dignity, a breath, a bubble ; A queen in jest, only to fill the ...
William Shakespeare, James Boswell, Edward Capell, 1821
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Garish: Roadside Color Polaroids
"[This book] is a photography collection unlike any other you've seen.
Art Book Press, 2012
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The Rise of Gwaum: Tale of the White Rock - Book 2
A moment later Garish's head emerged. “ They have your woman,” he said. Turson nodded. “Can you handlea crossbow?” “ Iwas a sharpshooter whenIfirst served the king.” “ Tell theothersto keep intheirplaces. Weneed to takecare of the  ...
A. E. Mableson, 2012
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Reflexive Conditions on Artistic Intentions
Just as paintings and sculptures can be beautiful, ugly, garish, or disturbing, so too can mountain ranges, marmosets, sunrises, or a lion attack on a gazelle. So, at least in principle, the aesthetic and evaluative theories owe no particular ...
Christopher Domhnall Mag Uidhir, 2007
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The plays of William Shakspeare, with the corrections and ...
... loving, black-brow'd night,3 Give me my Romeo : and, when he shall die,* Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine, That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun. s ...
William Shakespeare, Joseph Dennie, Samuel Johnson, 1809
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The Plays of William Shakspeare: With the Corrections and ...
7 the garish fun,] , Milton had this speech in his thoughts when he wrote II Penferofo : " — '. Civil night, " Thou sober-fuited matron." — Shakfpeare. " Till civil -fuited morn appear." — Milton. " Pay no worship to the garish sun." — Shakfpeare.
William Shakespeare, George Steevens, Isaac Reed, 1803
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The Quest for the Fine: A Philosophical Inquiry Into ...
so." Even in his last moments, he wonders if death itself be amorous. There seems, then, to be in the fine love of Romeo and Juliet an intimacy and even willingness to death itself, which so contrasts with the life-centeredness of the garish love ...
Michael Gelven, 1996
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Garish Days
The year is 1938. "Garish days is the story of a girl's coming of age in an era on the verge of extinction."
Lynn Caraganis, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GARISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term garish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Fiji U23 through to Rio Olympics - FBC News
Tony Tuivuna, Kolinio Sivoki and Iosefo Verevou all scored for Fiji, while Napolioni Qasevakatini and Garish Prasad missed for Fiji. It is another ... «Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Jul 15»
2
The best films shot by Jack Cardiff | Bleader | Chicago Reader
The cinematography is suitably garish, a barrage of colors that imbues the already unhinged psychodrama with an even greater sense of ... «Chicago Reader, Jul 15»
3
Fashion design in China: 'The trick is to embrace the chaos …
Garish cultural references such as dancing lions or dragons, she says, are meaningless to her. “I have nothing against them, but they were ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
T in the Park, Sunday: Strathallan Castle, Perthshire | Herald Scotland
Paloma Faith flouted Madonna's warning and danced wildly in garish cape and gold high heels. Early hit Stone Cold Sober contrasted with ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
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Rugby: A to Z of a wonderful Highlanders season - Otago Daily Times
The famous clothing company certainly got its money's worth out of the attention given to the Highlanders' garish, er, colourful, casual wear. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Fiji fairytale continues with Rio ticket - FIFA.com
Bong Kalo and Garish Prasad then hit the woodwork before the next four penalties were scored to take the shootout to sudden death. Vanuatu ... «FIFA.com, Jul 15»
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Rise Of The Tomb Raider Poster Pits Lara Croft Against Hordes Of …
The intense graphic and violent deaths that she could fall fate to were pretty garish. So a pack of wolves and a bear are probably nothing ... «Bleeding Cool News, Jul 15»
8
Time travelling in LA | Channel24
People everywhere, garish touristy trinkets and memorabilia, the Walk of Fame, which is actually many walks. I didn't find the Destiny's Child ... «Channel 24, Jul 15»
9
Capturing people and places - The Hindu
... observations of people while travelling in Bengal, Shyamal Mukherjee's works depicts men and women in bright and almost garish colours. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
10
Russell Westbrook Unveils Jordan Westbrook 0 - Rhyme Junkie …
The pieces features loud, bold and garish pieces while infusing Jordan iconic elephant print reinterpreted for Westbrook's tastes. Retailing for ... «Rhyme Junkie, Jul 15»

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