Another word for tawdry
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Adjective
Tastelessly showy
- Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
- Very thin sheets, strips, or threads of a glittering material used as a decoration.
- Something sparkling or showy but basically valueless:
- Made of or decorated with tinsel.
- Attracting attention in a vulgar manner:
- Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
- Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution:
- Characterized by high volume and intensity. Used of sound:
- Producing sound of high volume and intensity:
- Clamorous and insistent:
- Shining intensely and blindingly:
- Tastelessly showy or bright; garish:
- Conspicuous; obvious:
- Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
- Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way; gaudy.
- Cheap and showy; gaudy.
- Giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance.
- Of, relating to, or decorated with chintz.
- Gaudy; trashy:
- Stingy; miserly.
- Cheap and showy; meretricious.
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Another word for tawdry
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- Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
- Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way; gaudy.
- Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
- Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display:
- Marked by or given to extravagant, often tasteless display.
- Shabby, dirty, and vulgar; tawdry:
- Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable:
- Made of low-quality materials; cheap or shoddy.
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