tawdry

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adjective

Tastelessly showy: brummagem, chintzy, flashy, garish, gaudy, glaring, loud, meretricious, tinsel. Informal tacky². See style/good style/bad style.

adj

Definition: cheap, tasteless
Antonyms: nice, sophisticated, tasteful

For a list of words related to tawdry, see:

• Unappealing, Shabby, Messy, Poor, or Clumsy
• Vulgar, Rude, Degenerate, or Wild

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See words rhyming with "tawdry."

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - godtkøbs, billig, spraglet
n. - forlorent bras

Nederlands (Dutch)
goedkoop/smakeloos

Français (French)
adj. - clinquant, de mauvais goût, (fig) bas, minable
n. - camelote

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Flitter-, geschmacklos aufgeputzt, wertlos
n. - Flitterzeug, wertloser Putz

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (φτηνός και) φανταχτερός, κραυγαλέος, ακαλαίσθητος, χυδαίος, κακόγουστος
n. - φανταχτερά μπιχλιμπίδια

Italiano (Italian)
vistoso, ornamento vistoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - espalhafatoso
n. - enfeitado sem gosto

Русский (Russian)
лубочный, кричащий, безвкусный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de oropel, de relumbrón, oropel, relumbrón
n. - de oropel, de relumbrón, oropel, relumbrón

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - grann, prålig, billig, utstyrd
n. - grannlåt, prål, bjäfs

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
花俏而庸俗的, 俗丽的, 俗气的, 廉价而俗丽之物

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 花俏而庸俗的, 俗麗的, 俗氣的
n. - 廉價而俗麗之物

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 고상하지 못한, 번지르르한
n. - 겉만 그럴듯한 싸구려 물건

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - けばけばしい, あくどい, 安っぽい
n. - けばけばしい装飾

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مبهرج (الاسم) حليه مبهرجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זול, חסר טעם, ראוותני אך חסר-ערך, מקושט מדי‬
n. - ‮בגדים מפוארים צעקניים‬

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