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chintzy: The carnival stands were painted pink, purple, and
other gaudy colours.
gauge v. 1 measure, determine, weigh, calculate, compute, reckon,
figure, US technical also gage: Try to gauge the height of that
building. 2 judge, evaluate, appraise, assess, rate, estimate,
guess, US technical also gage: How can we gauge the strength of
the opposition?
--n. 3 standard, yardstick, criterion, benchmark, basis,
measure, norm, model, example, pattern, rule, touchstone, test,
guide, guideline, US litmus test, Technical also gage: You
cannot use your compulsive work habits as a gauge for others. 4
scope, capacity, amount, extent, measure, size, dimension(s),
magnitude, degree, limit: There are a number of narrow-gauge
railways in Wales. What will be the gauge of your involvement in
the enterprise?
gaunt adj. 1 emaciated, scrawny, raw-boned, bony, angular, haggard,
skeletal, wasted, starved-looking, cadaverous, scraggy, spindly,
meagre, hollow-cheeked, spare, skinny, lank(y), pinched, thin,
underweight: We were shocked by the gaunt faces of the famine
victims. 2 dreary, dismal, bleak, bare, barren, deserted,
desolate, harsh, hostile, unfriendly, inimical, stern,
forbidding, stark, grim, forlorn: Under the low cloud, the moor
looked even more gaunt than usual.
gawk n. 1 oaf, lout, bumpkin, clod, boor, churl, dolt, dunderhead or
dunderpate, ninny, ninny-hammer, ignoramus, fool, simpleton,
ass, bungler, bumbler, Colloq clodhopper, lummox, Slang chiefly
US old-fashioned galoot or galloot, lug: You big gawk, get out
of my way!
--v. 2 stare, goggle, gape, Colloq rubberneck, Slang Brit gawp
or gaup: Stop gawking and help me get him to a hospital.
gay adj. 1 See homosexual, 1, below. 2 happy, blithe, jovial,
light-hearted, carefree, debonair, cheerful, gleeful, bright,
joyful, joyous, jubilant, high-spirited, merry, lively,
vivacious, buoyant, effervescent, bubbly, bubbling, sparkling,
US chipper: In those days our hearts were young and gay. 3
garish, gaudy, flashy, bright, brilliant, vivid, many-coloured:
The gay decorations added to the atmosphere to the party.