clashy-clashy

adjective

Featuring discordant colours or patterns.

Meanings

adjectiveclashy-clashy (comparative more clashy-clashy, superlative most clashy-clashy)

comparative more clashy-clashy · superlative most clashy-clashy

  1. informalusuallyupholsteryFeaturing discordant colours or patterns.

    She told me that just because matchy-matchy wasn't in, it did nawt^([sic]) mean clashy-clashy was.

    2010, Lisi Harrison, My Little Phony, Poppy, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    "You could have borrowed one of Dad's ties," I pointed out. "Dad only has striped ties," Kirk said. "I've only got striped shirts. I'm not about to get all clashy-clashy at some fancy party."

    2008, Lisa Papademetriou, Accidentally Fabulous, Scholastic, →ISBN, page 2

    Nor getting everyone’s “colours” done, so that the high streets won’t be so “clashy-clashy,” and constantly distressing to the more aesthetically sensitive.

    2009 August 3, Caitlin Moran, “Forget pushy parents, the less you encourage your children the better”, in The Times, UK

Synonyms & antonyms

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