Bad and Garish

Bad

Bad adjective - Of low quality.
Usage example: bad shoes that fell apart within a week

Garish and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Garish" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Garish

Garish adjective - Excessively showy.

Bad and garish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Garish".

Nearby Word: garishly

Both words in one sentence

  • Her bad English voice, her costume (which is garish and doesn't fit into 16th Century fashion), her treatment of Pyrrha, being a Karma Houdini in V, and being a Tier-Induced Scrappy.
  • Video Game / Fahrenheit Bad Job, Worse Uniform: The outfit regular police officers have to wear is pretty garish, and it can't be fun patrolling the streets in such bad weather conditions either.
  • Literature / Ciaphas Cain Ensign Newbie Even Evil Has Standards: Parodied in Duty Calls, where Cain considers Periremundian fashion (and PDF uniforms) so garish that even Slaaneshi cultists would find them in bad taste.
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