Gar"ish (?), a. [Cf. OE. gauren to stare; of uncertain origin. Cf. gairish.]
1.
Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.
"The
garish sun." "A
garish flag."
Shak. "
In . . .
garish colors."
Asham. "
The garish day."
J. H. Newman.
Garish like the laughters of drunkenness.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
Gay to extravagance; flighty.
It makes the mind loose and garish.
South.
-- Gar"ish*ly, adv. -- Garish*ness, n.
Jer. Taylor.
© Webster 1913.