tawdry English

Meaning tawdry meaning

What does tawdry mean?

Definitions in simple English

tawdry Adjective

— If something is tawdry, it looks nice but is actually of bad quality. It is showy yet cheap. I can only afford to wear tawdry jewelry.

tawdry

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

— adjective (= cheapjack, shoddy) cheap and shoddy cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob — Judith Crist

Synonyms tawdry synonyms

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tawdry English » English

gaudy

flashy

cheap

tacky

garish

trashy

tatty

meretricious

flash

brassy

trumpery

tinsel

showy

shoddy

ornate

loud

gimcrack

cheapjack

vile

vainglorious

vain

tinselly

sordid

scurvy

jazzy

insignificant

ignoble

highfalutin

general

frippery

flaunty

flamboyant

fancy

dirty

crowing

common

cock-a-hoop

cheesy

cheap-looking

chaffy

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