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sleazy
(Informal) Shoddy, shabby, cheap, vulgar, etc.
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  1. (Informal) Shoddy, shabby, cheap, vulgar, etc.
  2. Thin and loosely woven; flimsy:
  3. Flimsy or thin in texture or substance; lacking firmness
showy
Of striking or attractive appearance
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  1. Of striking or attractive appearance
  2. Calling attention; flashy; standing out to the eye, often in such a way that is of low quality or little merit
  3. Making a striking or aesthetically pleasing display:
gaudy
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
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  1. Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
  2. Bright and showy, but lacking in good taste; cheaply brilliant and ornate
garish
Gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc.
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  1. Gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc.
  2. Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way; gaudy.
  3. Too bright or gaudy; showy; glaring
tacky
Distasteful or offensive; tasteless:
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  1. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless:
  2. Of a substance, slightly sticky.
  3. Gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
chintzy
(Informal) Cheap, stingy, mean, petty, etc.
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  1. (Informal) Cheap, stingy, mean, petty, etc.
  2. Tastelessly showy; cheap, tacky, or gaudy.
  3. Like chintz
flashy
Cheap and showy; gaudy.
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  1. Cheap and showy; gaudy.
  2. Giving a momentary or superficial impression of brilliance.
  3. Dazzling or bright for a little while
garish
Gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc.
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  1. Gaudily or showily dressed, decorated, written, etc.
  2. Overly ostentatious; so colourful as to be in bad taste.
  3. Overly bright or ornamented, especially in a vulgar or tasteless way; gaudy.
gaudy
Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
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  1. Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
  2. Bright and showy, but lacking in good taste; cheaply brilliant and ornate
glaring
Conspicuous; obvious:
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  1. Conspicuous; obvious:
  2. Too obvious to be overlooked
  3. Blatant, obvious.
loud
(Dial.) Strong or offensive, as in smell
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  1. (Dial.) Strong or offensive, as in smell
  2. Having strikingly bright colors:
  3. Clamorous and insistent:
meretricious
Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
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  1. Plausible but false or insincere; specious:
  2. Alluring by false, showy charms; attractive in a flashy way; tawdry
  3. (Obs.) Of, like, or characteristic of a prostitute
tinsel
Made of or decorated with tinsel.
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  1. Made of or decorated with tinsel.
  2. Gaudy, showy, and basically valueless.
tacky
(Colloquial) In poor taste.
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  1. (Colloquial) In poor taste.
  2. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless:
  3. Lacking style or good taste; tawdry:
Find another word for tawdry. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for tawdry, like: sleazy, showy, gaudy, garish, tacky, common, poor, brummagem, chintzy, flashy and garish.

Sentence Examples

  • Probably these blocks formed the floor of a balcony, a tawdry marble addition.

  • These kinds of cards are usually more suggestive, more direct - but that doesn't give you the excuse to be tawdry or tasteless (unless you are sure your intended recipient will take it in the right tone).

  • The word is first used in combination in the phrase "tawdry lace," a shortened form or corruption of St Audrey's or St Awdrey's lace.

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