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Bright in a way that looks ugly

gaudy

adjective

brightly coloured and ugly, or of bad quality

garish

adjective

very bright and colourful in an ugly way

lurid

adjective

a lurid colour is very bright in an ugly way

brash

adjective

big, bright, or colourful in a way that is not attractive

flashy

adjective

very bright and colourful, usually in a way that looks ugly

loud

adjective

very bright in a way that does not show good taste

brassy

adjective

with an unpleasant shiny yellow colour

lairy

adjective

bright or loud in an unpleasant way

garishly

adverb

gaudily

adverb

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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