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tawdry |
Overview of adj tawdry The adj tawdry has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") 2. cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry -- (cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist) Antonyms of adj tawdry 2 senses of tawdry Sense 1 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy INDIRECT (VIA tasteless) -> tasteful, in good taste Sense 2 cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior Similarity of adj tawdry 2 senses of tawdry Sense 1 brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy => tasteless (vs. tasteful), in poor taste(prenominal) Sense 2 cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry => inferior (vs. superior) Attributes of adj tawdry Familiarity of adj tawdry tawdry used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj tawdry tawdry Overview of adj tawdry The adj tawdry has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments") 2. cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry -- (cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist)
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