Adjective.
My goodness, this is a rather tawdry scene!
Tawdry clothes right you put them in a dryer....Now that is out of my system try his:The town was a tawdry little place, filled with sinners.
If u describe sth such as clothes or decorations as tawdry, u mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste. (=tacky) If u describe sth such as a story or an event as tawdry, u mean that it is unpleasant or immoral.
Jan's tawdry taste in clothing was an embarrassment to her boyfriend.
Tawdry means cheap, showy grundy and it comes from the Hebrew language,
tawdry
An excess of gold braid and glittery beads gave the costumes a tawdry look.
German
...tawdry, bawdy...
Definition: cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality (adj.) Example: tawdry lace a tie of lace for the neck Definition: cheap showy finery (noun)
part of speech
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.