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garish

/ˈɡɛəɹɪʃ/ adjective C2
  1. Overly ostentatious; so colorful as to be in bad taste. · The dress fits her well, but the pattern is rather garish.
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There sat my friend at a little round table near the door of the garish Italian restaurant.
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 27 · B2

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