0 the quality of being unpleasantly bright in colour or decoration:
She colours her images with delicate pastel tints, and avoids gaudiness.
Gozo has none of the gaudiness of some Mediterranean islands.
She disliked the artificial flowers above the bar and the gaudiness of the carpet.
It has all the gaiety of the silk-mercer's shop without its gaudiness of gloss, and all the softness of old mahogany, without its sadness.
But its gaudiness will carry it through, especially with the fans.
I knew it wasn't the time for gaudiness, for elaborate sets and costumes.
There may be a link between the gaudiness of poetry and the title of the book.
Exclusively his is a tinge of green in shadows marring the harmony of the work, a gaudiness of jarring tints, uniform surface and a touch more quick than subtle.
