Gaudy and Special

Gaudy

Gaudy adjective - Excessively showy.

Special and gaudy are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Gaudy".

Nearby Words: gaudily, gaud

Special

Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.

Gaudy and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gaudy" instead an adjective "Special".

Both words in one sentence

  • Cool and Unusual Punishment In the Vietnam special, it was a motorbike painted in a bright and gaudy American flag livery and blasting Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA", with the radio controls disabled.
  • Cool Crown The Awesome Moment of Crowning scene in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe makes a special point of mentioning that the crowns given to the Pevences aren't the heavy, gaudy, over-emblished sort (like the British Crown Jewels) but elegant circlets.
    Source: Cool Crown
  • Series / Derek Special points go to the utterly despicable daughter of Lizzie, who doesn't care about her mother, assumes the carers are thieves and tosses aside her mother's precious memories just so she can add a wedding ring to her collection of gaudy jewelry.
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