Modifies a noun

• color: It is a small box painted in gaudy colors.

• flower: The meadows were filled with soft flowers like primroses and we saw elegant small thick stemmed shrubs alive with gaudy pink flowers.

• hotel: Experiencing Asia isn't about large gaudy international hotels devoid of local character.

• light: It's not about riding on dubs or gaudy neon lights.

• clothes: This Monday, at 7pm, the Cambridge Union will host the biggest charity auction since Elton John sold off all those gaudy clothes.

• glory: Hall convincingly details an Edwardian tourist trap, in all its gaudy glory, as seen through a young boy's eyes.

Modifying Another Word

• rather: Applied graphics on printed plastic sheeting with adhesive backing, usually rather gaudy.

• not: The colorful, if not gaudy packaging, with fancy graphics and cartoons, seems to be aimed at the younger market.

• too: Too gaudy, too plain, the wrong color, each had had a fault.

• very: It was one of those classic old Hollywood promotional posters, very gaudy and beautiful.

Noun used with modifier

• bit: The Rocket III is lumpy and messy, and in some ways a bit gaudy - like most custom bikes.