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What is the adjective for gaudiness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb gaud which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

gaudy
  1. very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner
  2. (obsolete) gay; merry; festive
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “It's gaudy, ostentatious, and it's exactly what one would expect from a rock star that thinks he's God.”
gaudish
  1. (obsolete) gaudy
gaudier
  1. comparative form of gaudy: more gaudy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “It was actually better, with strings more plangently focused, wind and brass blisteringly gaudier, and the percussion often frighteningly explosive.”
      “In 1914 Gaudier enlisted in the French army and he was killed in action.”
gaudiest
  1. superlative form of gaudy: most gaudy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Halloween, for me, is the gaudiest example of the infantilization of American culture.”
      “Dressed in the gaudiest of outfits and wearing a wig that appears to be made out of 13 poodles, Dennis is adorably loony and off her rocker.”
      “No, Derek Jeter being Derek Jeter, he delivered a home run – baseball's gaudiest, most thrilling flourish.”
gauded
  1. simple past tense and past participle of gaud
gauding
  1. present participle of gaud
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