The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word GARISH
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More clues leading to the result GARISH
- Dressing without top of nightie? That’s tawdry
- Very colourful, like a freshwater fish?
- Loud crone holding gentleman back
- Tasteless adornment, not new
- Gaudy bit on the side essentially sent packing
- Showy decoration, but heartless
- Gaudy rig has to be replaced
- Loud decoration missing central point
- Showy embellishment lacking note
- Loud fish, not loud fish
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What does GARISH mean?
GARISH adjective- Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.