gaudery

noun

Definition of gauderynext
as in gayety

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gaudery
  1. finery
  2. bravery
  3. trumpery
  4. frippery
  5. trim
  6. foofaraw
  7. gaiety
  8. ensemble
Noun
  • Along with her feather finery and green sartorial color motif, Queen Camilla accessorized with pieces of jewelry courtesy of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s collection.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In this life-force of a musical, even the help gets to shine like so many sequins on a prima donna’s finery.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of finery
Noun
  • As a reward for his act of bravery, Zayin was given a gift card from the store Zumiez to purchase a new skateboard after the group of kids took his.
    Raven Brunner, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
  • The trial has convulsed France and transformed the woman at its center into a feminist icon for her bravery in allowing the case to be tried publicly.
    Natasha Frost, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of bravery
Noun
  • What was the strategic benefit to the US of all this geopolitical trumpery?
    Peter Bergen, CNN, 28 May 2022
  • So will the border continue to vanish in the face of nativist backlash and a trumpery, gimcrack wall?
    Felipe Fernández-Armesto, WSJ, 25 June 2018
Definition of trumpery
Noun
  • But who has time for all of that frippery, anyway, when war’s a-comin’?
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The British actor, almost as a counterpoint to the Nantucket frippery on display in the adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand’s chart-topping beach read, can now be found on the stage of the prestigious Almeida Theatre in Islington, North London.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of frippery
Noun
  • Jenny lives on a corner lot in Port Hope, in a modest white cottage with Victorian trim which outwardly resembles her mother’s house in Clinton.
    Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Swift was photographed walking into the stadium wearing a red Charlotte Simone coat with fur trim, paired with patterned tights, black boots and a fuzzy black bucket hat.
    Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of trim
Noun
  • For many Americans who don’t celebrate Christmas, sitting out the foofaraw while the whole country conducts Christmas consumption is an annual dose of alienation.
    Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 23 Nov. 2020
  • No foofaraw: Of course a cleric—in Chih’s case, one who belongs to a holy order tasked with traveling the land and collecting stories—wouldn’t concern themself with gender.
    WIRED Staff, Wired, 29 Sep. 2020
Definition of foofaraw
Noun
  • His formidable rich voice voice always carried the gaiety of a comic opera basso.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Françoise wanders away from us, from the room, into her own thoughts, solemn yet full of gaiety.
    Carlos Valladares, ARTnews.com, 27 June 2024
Definition of gaiety
Noun
  • The singer posed with Brittany along with Chiefs WAG Lyndsay Bell who rocked a Lover-esque bright dazzling pink ensemble and Swift's friend Ashley Avignone, who donned a snake around her neck a la reputation.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The official teaser trailer, released on Thursday, gives fans their first real look at the ensemble — including Corenswet in Superman’s iconic primary-colored tights.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of ensemble
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