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gaudy
" I love crazy, gaudy bling."
Phillip Lim

Meaning of "gaudy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GAUDY

From gaud.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF GAUDY

ˈɡɔːdɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GAUDY

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

WHAT DOES GAUDY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gaudy

Gaudy or gaudie is a term used to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom as well as other institutions such as Durham University and Reading University. It is generally believed to relate to the traditional student song, De Brevitate Vitae, which is commonly known as the Gaudeamus by virtue of its first line.

Definition of gaudy in the English dictionary

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

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GAUDY

bawdy · cardboardy · cording · foodie · Geordie · greedy · hardy · Judy · Kirkcaldy · Lombardi · lordy · Mahdi · moody · needy · nerdy · Saudi · speedy · sturdy · swardy · whipcordy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GAUDY

gaucho · gaucy · gaud · gaudeamus · gaudeamus igitur · gauderies · gaudery · gaudier · Gaudier-Brzeska · gaudies · gaudiest · gaudily · gaudiness · gaufer · gauffer · gauge · gauge boson · gauge theory · gaugeable · gauger

WORDS THAT END LIKE GAUDY

case study · cloudy · course of study · desk study · feasibility study · field study · follow-up study · in a brown study · motion study · nature study · pilot study · private study · programme of study · restudy · scoping study · self-study · study · time study · understudy · work-study

Synonyms and antonyms of gaudy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GAUDY»

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

Translation of «gaudy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GAUDY

Find out the translation of gaudy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of gaudy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «gaudy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

花哨的
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

chillón
570 millions of speakers
en

English

gaudy
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भड़कीला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مبهرج
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

безвкусный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

chamativo
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

জাঁকাল
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

criard
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Mencolok
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

knallig
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

派手な
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

눈부신
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Gaudy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

xa hoa
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பகட்டான
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

दिखाऊ
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

şatafatlı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sgargiante
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

górnolotny
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

несмачний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

de prost gust
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φανταχτερά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bont
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

granna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

glorete
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gaudy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GAUDY»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of gaudy
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about gaudy

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5 QUOTES WITH «GAUDY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gaudy.
1
John Gunther
The last copy of the Chicago Daily News I picked up had three crime stories on its front page. But by comparison to the gaudy days, this is small-time stuff. Chicago is as full of crooks as a saw with teeth, but the era when they ruled the city is gone forever.
2
Phillip Lim
I love crazy, gaudy bling.
3
Earl Scruggs
You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful.
4
Polly Walker
Sometimes Italian fashion, especially in the summer, is bright and gaudy and tarty, so I'd be buying these bright pink and bright orange things, and when I got home, I'd just go, 'What was I thinking? I can't wear this!'
5
Steve Wilkos
I've been watching 'Pawn Stars' every week for the last year. I like learning about the history behind the items that people bring into the pawnshop. I actually pawned a ring once that a woman sent to me while I was on 'Jerry Springer.' It was really gaudy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GAUDY»

Discover the use of gaudy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gaudy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gaudy Night
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Dorothy L. Sayers including rare images from the Marion E. Wade Center at Wheaton College.
Dorothy L. Sayers, 2012
2
Tascosa: Its Life and Gaudy Times
"The ranching boom of the 1880s made the Texas Panhandle town of Tascosa 'the cowboy capital of the world.
Frederick W. Nolan, 2007
3
The Gaudy Place
- Greensboro Daily News Fred Chappell is a past Poet Laureate of North Carolina. Boson Books also offers The Inkling, Dagon, Moments of Light, and It Is Time, Lord by Fred Chappell.
Fred Chappell, 2002
4
Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn
A meticulous researcher, Margaret Campbell Barnes immerses readers in this intrigue and in the lush, glittery world of the Tudor Court.
Margaret Campbell Barnes, 2008
5
The Gaudy Image
The book very nearly wasn't published by Olympia. A catalog of '58 listed "The Porridge Tasters," by M. Meeske, featuring drugs in NY, as the work to expect. That book didn't get written; this one did.
William Talsman, 2004
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Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Handbook
Gaudy, A., and Gaudy, E., 1980, Microbiology for Environmental Scientists and Engineers, McGraw-Hill, New York, p. 343. Costerton, J .W. , and Geesey, G.G., 1986, 'The microbial ecology of surface colonization and of consequent corrosion ', ...
S Borenstein, 1994
7
The Remarkable Case of Dorothy L. Sayers
If The Nine Tailors, with its focus upon the exquisitely elaborate hunt for a rational solution to mystery, is Sayers's supreme achievement in the detective story tradition, her penultimate novel, Gaudy Night, is the culmination of the other major ...
Catherine Kenney, 1991
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It's a Print!: Detective Fiction from Page to Screen
publication of Have His Carcase in April 1932 to the appearance of Gaudy Night in November 1935) and two novels in which Harriet is not mentioned (Murder Must Advertise [1933] and The Nine Tailors [1934]) to take Peter and Harriet from  ...
William Reynolds, Elizabeth Ann Trembley, 1994
9
Swift and Pope: Satirists in Dialogue
65 “Those Gaudy tulips: Swift's Unprintables,” in Quick Springs of Sense, ed. larry S. Champion (1974), 464–67. 66 Ehrenpreis lists a number of parallels: The Journal of a Modern Lady, 19 (Rape of the Lock, iv, 117), 48 (i, 148), 52 (iii, 92), 132 ...
Dustin Griffin, 2010
10
The Gaudy
The first in the acclaimed 'A Staircase in Surrey' quintet opens in Oxford at the eponymous annual dinner laid on by Fellows.
J. I. M. Stewart, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GAUDY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gaudy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Donald Trump Fans: This Is Your Intervention | National Review Online
More to the point, what I find so gaudy about Trump is his constant reference to the fact that he made a lot of money, and his expectation that it ... «National Review Online, Jul 15»
2
Summer Pelicans and Seth Curry putting up big numbers during 2-0 …
The summer Pelicans have a third chance to add to their gaudy numbers Monday, when they face the Brooklyn Nets (3:30 p.m. Central, live via ... «Pelicans.com, Jul 15»
3
Bluesfest goes Green | IN REVIEW | Music | Entertainment | Ottawa …
... to the stage decked out in a loud red-trimmed leopard-print mumu, trademark shades and medallion dangling from gaudy gold chain. «Ottawa Sun, Jul 15»
4
Grading The New York Knicks' 2015 Free Agency - RantSports
O'Quinn's numbers aren't gaudy but he is an excellent passer and has a good mid-range jump shot. He's one of the more unsung backups in ... «RantSports, Jul 15»
5
Carolyn Hitt: 'We're in the second decade of the 21st century but …
Many of them were sporting the Garrick's gaudy salmon and cucumber tie, so there was a uniform of sorts. It made them look like an elderly ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
6
Gizmo Guy: Wearables Galore - Philly.com
Some of these innovations seem too gaudy (such as Monster "24K" gold headphones) or weird for words. And early adopters of a couple of ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
7
The Growlers Canadian Stage, Ottawa ON, July 11
Known for their highly theatrical club performances that find the band decked out in gaudy costumes, the Growlers seemed slightly out of their ... «Exclaim!, Jul 15»
8
The heir to Thierry Henry? analysing the latest Arsenal target …
Despite those gaudy overall statistics, Lacazette failed to impress when it mattered most. None of his 27 goals came against Ligue 1's top-five ... «Sportskeeda, Jul 15»
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NBA's future matches up in summer league, and a big crowd …
Like Towns, the 6-5 southpaw didn't record a gaudy stat line — he had eight points on 3-for-8 shooting, with six assists and five rebounds. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
10
John Deere Classic 2015: Leaderboard Scores and Highlights from …
Play at the John Deere Classic was suspended twice Saturday, but that didn't prevent competitors from posting some gaudy scores on the ... «Bleacher Report, Jul 15»
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