tacky English

Meaning tacky meaning

What does tacky mean?

tacky

— adjective (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch tacky varnish

— adjective (= flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tawdry) tastelessly showy a flash car a flashy ring garish colors a gaudy costume loud sport shirts a meretricious yet stylish book tawdry ornaments

Synonyms tacky synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as tacky?

tacky English » English

sticky

adhesive

gaudy

cheap

vulgar

viscous

tawdry

loud

gluey

flashy

viscid

trashy

tatty

showy

shabby

gummy

gooey

glutinous

garish

pasty

mucilaginous

meretricious

in poor taste

gimcrack

flash

dowdy

clammy

brassy

worthless

unstylish

trumpery

transmittable

transmissible

tinselly

tenacious

tasteless

styleless

soulless

shoddy

ropy

ostentatious

ornate

moist

mean

low

limy

kitschy

jammy

infectious

inelegant

Topics tacky topics

What do people use tacky to talk about?

Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Stick together

• What words describe something that sticks to other things?
  sticky adhesive gummy magnetic tacky