Associations to the word «Garish»

Wiktionary

GARISH, adjective. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.

Dictionary definition

GARISH, adjective. Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats