Gaudy

a. [compar. GAUDIER; superl. GAUDIEST.] 1. Ostentatiously fine; gay beyond the simplicity of nature or good taste; showy; splendid; gay. A goldfinch there I saw, with gaudy pride Of painted plumes. Dryden. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy. Shak. 2. Gay; merry; festal. Let’s have one other gaudy night. Shak. I will make Amends hereafter by some gaudy day. Tennyson.