tawdry

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Adjective tawdry has 2 senses

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"
Antonyms: tasteful, in good taste (indirect, via tasteless)
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry - cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
Antonym: superior (indirect, via inferior)

Definitions from the Web

Tawdry

Definition:

adjective

1. showy but cheap and of poor quality; gaudy or tasteless.

2. morally low or base; vulgar or indecent.

Senses:

1. adjective - showy but cheap and of poor quality

2. adjective - morally low or base

Usage:

1. Her tawdry jewelry didn't fool anyone as it was clearly made of plastic.

2. The gaudy decorations gave the room a tawdry appearance.

3. The reality show was criticized for its tawdry content.

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