schreeuwlelijk — meaning in English

English meaning

• garish adj Unpleasantly bright or showy, in a tasteless way.
• gaudy adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.

Senses

schreeuwlelijk is used for these senses in English:

• garish Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste. [from 1540s]
• gaudy Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.

gaudy — full definition

1. adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
2. noun In British university tradition, a reunion dinner or feast held by an Oxford college for its former students.

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