Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Garish \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.

Source : WordNet®

garish
     adj : tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
           colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
           meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
           [syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},
            {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]