Gaudiness
noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned. countable, uncountable
"Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation: they want it to be tasteful and understated."
- 2 strident color or excessive ornamentation wordnet
- 3 tasteless showiness wordnet
Example
More examples"Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation: they want it to be tasteful and understated."
Etymology
From gaudy + -ness.