tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
disapproval You describe something as garish when you dislike it because it is very bright in an unattractive, showy way. They climbed the garish purple-carpeted stairs. the restaurant's garish, illuminated signs. = gaudy + garishly gar·ish·ly a garishly patterned three-piece suite. very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at = brash subtle