What is another word for gauds?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈɔːdz] (IPA)

Gauds are decorative, showy objects that are often used for adornment or to make a statement. Some synonyms for the word "gauds" include trinkets, baubles, ornaments, adornments, decorations, gewgaws, knick-knacks, curios, mementos, and keepsakes. These words all refer to small, often decorative objects that are meant to be displayed or worn. While some people may view gauds as frivolous or unnecessary, others see them as valuable reminders of important events or people in their lives. Whether you prefer to surround yourself with flashy baubles or understated keepsakes, there are plenty of synonyms for gauds to choose from.

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What are the hypernyms for Gauds?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Gauds

It was just a beautiful bauble, one of those shining gauds for which women break their hearts or with which they seek to break other women's.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
To the best of my belief I have never envied the people who can afford to possess the gauds I have sometimes admired in the windows of shops, in which only the rich can ever deal.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
The world's brightest gauds and its most solid advantages were of no worth in his eyes, when compared to the cause of what he considered truth, and the good of his fellow-creatures.
"The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley Volume III"
Percy Bysshe Shelley Edited by Thomas Hutchinson, M. A.

Famous quotes with Gauds

  • Pirates! No true honest seamen, these, with their strange contrast of finery and ruffianism. Tarry breeks and seamen's shirts, yet silken sashes lapped their waists; no stockings to their legs, yet many had on silver-buckled shoes and heavy gold rings to their fingers. Great gems dangled from many a heavy gold hoop serving as an ear ring. Not an honest sailorman's knife among them, but costly Spanish and Italian daggers. Their gauds, their ferocious faces, their wild and blasphemous bearing stamped them with the mark of their red trade.
    Robert E. Howard
  • The human heart is a roaring forge where night and day the smiths are busy fashioning swords and silver cups, mitres and engine-wheels, the tools of *labor, and the gauds of precedence.
    Frank Crane

Related words: gaudy, gaudy jewelry, gaudy dresses, gaudy colours, gaudy belts, gaudy outfits, gaudy design

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