English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "gaudy" is iets wat buitensporig helder, pronkerig of versier is op 'n smaaklose of vulgêre manier. Dit kan verwys na enigiets wat te flitsend of pronkerig is, dikwels met die klem op helder kleure of harde patrone. Die woord kan ook gebruik word om gedrag te beskryf wat oormatig opvallend of aandag soek. Sinonieme vir "gaudy" sluit spoggerig, hard, taai, pronkerig, flambojant en pronkerig in.

Sentence Examples

  1. But, as the female crowd approached them, the gaudy colors of a shawl attracted the eyes of a wild and untutored Huron.
  2. Her drab style contrasted with the gaudy colors and big hair of the 1980s.
  3. He found the count standing before some copies of Albano and Fattore that had been passed off to the banker as originals but which, mere copies as they were, seemed to feel their degradation in being brought into juxtaposition with the gaudy colors that covered the ceiling.
  4. Still, the windows let in tree-balanced sunshine and a cool breeze and we all turn ADHD as we gaze upon the gaudy trinkets, T-shirts, gardening accessories and a vast collection of rocks and minerals while the owners, Bud and Charlene Moseley, tell the history of the cave.
  5. Our old master had one, him being a collector of pricey and often gaudy trinkets, and though he did occasionally play it, I was usually forced to clean something far away from him as he enjoyed the music.
  6. I pictured a gaudy theme pub with union flags, Winston Churchill portraits, and faux beer pumps.
  7. To-day he would appear in one gay dress, to-morrow in another but all flimsy and gaudy, of little substance and less worth.
  8. The common room through the entrance was similarly quaint and well-furnished, like the one in Changirah, but boasted the added benefit of music being piped through the ceiling as well as several gaudy paintings lining the walls.
  9. Still that breathing silence, which marks the drowsy sultriness of an American landscape in July, pervaded the secluded spot, interrupted only by the low voices of the men, the occasional and lazy tap of a woodpecker, the discordant cry of some gaudy jay, or a swelling on the ear, from the dull roar of a distant waterfall.
  10. March on in gaudy colours and shining steel, march on to the inevitable crucible of destruction.