meretricious vs garish

meretricious and garish both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
meretricious	No	Yes	No	No
garish	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, meretricious and garish are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of meretricious include brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy.

meretricious (adjective)	garish (adjective)
like or relating to a prostitute	tastelessly showy
based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
tastelessly showy