See Also: garish(medicine)
garish(dictionary)
garish(dictionary)

albatross (oh) and garish (oh)


albatross (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from alcatras type of water bird (16-19 centuries), from Portuguese or Spanish alcatraz 'pelican', from Arabic al-gattas 'the diver';]
[Sense: 2; Origin: from the dead albatross that brought bad luck to the sailor who killed it in the poem The Ancient Mariner (1798) by S. T. Coleridge]
a very large white sea bird
an albatross (around your neck)
something that causes problems for you and prevents you from succeeding
::The issue has become a political albatross for the government.

garish (oh)



very brightly coloured in a way that is unpleasant to look at
-synonym brash brash
-opposite subtle subtle
::Many of the rugs are too garish for my taste.
::garish colors
-- garishly adv
::a garishly painted house
-- garishness n [U]