Tawdry synonyms

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sleazy
The definition of sleazy is shabby, a low morals person or a flimsy texture.
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gaudy
The definition of gaudy is something that is bright and ornate, but overdone to the point of being tacky.
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garish
The definition of garish is something showy, gaudy or overdone in a tasteless way.
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tacky
(Colloquial) In poor taste.
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common (related)
Having no special designation, status, or rank:
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cheap
Charging low prices:
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chintzy
Stingy; miserly.
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crass
Grossly stupid, dull, or obtuse
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flashy
Dazzling or bright for a little while
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gross
With no deductions; total; entire
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inelegant
Not elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.
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meretricious
Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having in reality no value or substance; falsely alluring.
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pretentious
The definition of pretentious is someone or something that claims to be very important or grand.
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showy
Marked by or given to extravagant, often tasteless display.
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tasteless
Without taste or flavor; flat; insipid
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vulgar
Crudely indecent:
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nice (antonym)
Used as an intensive with and :
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sophisticated (antonym)
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
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tasteful (antonym)
Pleasing in flavor; tasty.
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glaring
The definition of glaring is a look of anger, or something too bright or shiny.
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loud
Having strikingly bright colors:
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tinsel
Made of or decorated with tinsel.
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style (related)
The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
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cheapjack
Inferior in quality or value; tawdry:
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shoddy
Made of shoddy
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brassy
(Music) Resembling or characterized by the sound of brass instruments:
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flash
(Computers) Of or relating to flash memory.
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gimcrack
Showy but of poor quality; worthless.
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trashy
In very poor taste or of very poor quality:
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vapid (related)
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sordid (related)
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ghastly (related)
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self-indulgent (related)
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graceless (related)
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poor (related)
The definition of poor is having little money or belongings, or lacking something.
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Tawdry Sentence Examples

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

  • You thought it was just another tawdry late-night TV show.

  • 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).

  • She curled around her tawdry bag, whining piteously, abject terror in her wide staring eyes. she began to cry.

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