Gaudy vs. Tawdry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Gaudy and Tawdry
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Gaudy
Gaudy or gaudie (from the Latin, "gaudium", meaning "enjoyment" or "merry-making") is a term used to reflect student life in a number of the ancient universities in the United Kingdom as well as other institutions such as Durham University and Reading University. It is generally believed to relate to the traditional student song, "De Brevitate Vitae" (On the Shortness of Life), which is commonly known as the Gaudeamus (Let's make merry) by virtue of its first word.
Tawdry
Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance.
Gaudy
Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless
Silver bows and gaudy ribbons
Tawdry
Shameful or indecent
Tawdry secrets.
Gaudy
A celebratory dinner or entertainment held by a college for old members
Administratively, the college cannot cope with more than one gaudy per year
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Tawdry
Cheap and gaudy finery.
Gaudy
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
Tawdry
(obsolete) Tawdry lace.
Gaudy
A feast, especially an annual university dinner.
Tawdry
(obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
Gaudy
Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
Tawdry
(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
Gaudy
(obsolete) fun; merry; festive.
Tawdry
(of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.
Gaudy
(archaic) One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Tawdry
Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
And gird in your waist,For more fineness, with a tawdry lace.
Gaudy
(Oxon) A reunion held by one of the colleges of the University of Oxford for alumni, normally held during the long vacation.
Tawdry
Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.
He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers.
Gaudy
Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,But not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy.
Tawdry
A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids makeThem tawdries for their necks.
Gaudy
Gay; merry; festal.
Let's have one other gaudy night.
Tawdry
Tastelessly showy;
A flash car
A flashy ring
Garish colors
A gaudy costume
Loud sport shirts
A meretricious yet stylish book
Tawdry ornaments
Gaudy
One of the large beads in the rosary at which the paternoster is recited.
Tawdry
Cheap and shoddy;
Cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob
Gaudy
A feast or festival; - called also gaud-day and gaudy day.
Gaudy
A celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university
Gaudy
Tastelessly showy;
A flash car
A flashy ring
Garish colors
A gaudy costume
Loud sport shirts
A meretricious yet stylish book
Tawdry ornaments
Gaudy
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
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