Definition of "garishness" [gar•ish•ness]

• The quality of being garish. (noun)

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• "There was an almost blinding clarity to it all, both in terms of complexity of counterpoint, and that slight garishness of texture that we think of as quintessentially Brucknerian."
• "I wanted to make a movie about working class people and working poor people and I didn't want to embrace the stereotypes in a way of the '70s and the garishness."
• "I eschew garishness in bike clothes--including refusing to buy the local bike club design--preferring preppy solids in all cases."