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criard — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brash adj Overconfident and tactless, often in a way that ignores how others feel.
  • garish adj Unpleasantly bright or showy, in a tasteless way.
  • gaudy adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
  • shrill adj High-pitched and sharp, often unpleasantly so.
  • strident adj Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.

Senses

criard is used for these senses in English:

  • brash (of things) Bold, bright or showy, often in a tasteless way.
  • 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.
  • shrill Having a shrill voice.
  • strident Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
  • vociferously In a vociferous manner.

brash — full definition

  1. adj Overconfident and tactless, often in a way that ignores how others feel.
  2. adj Bold or showy in an unsubtle, sometimes tasteless way.

Related French words