tawdry (Meaning)
tawdry (s)
tastelessly showy
made of inferior workmanship and materials
tawdry (superl.)
Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.
tawdry (n.)
A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
Synonyms & Antonyms of tawdry
FAQs About the word tawdry
tastelessly showy, made of inferior workmanship and materialsBought at the festival of St. Audrey., Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; ha
fake, glitzy, wretched, lurid, rotten, poor, flashy, kitschy, common, showy
tasteful, tasteful, elegant, handsome,elegant, handsome, fine, polished, first-class, superior
The party decorations looked tawdry, with cheap plastic banners and streamers.
She regretted buying the tawdry necklace from the discount jewelry store.
The town's abandoned amusement park stood as a tawdry reminder of its past glory.
The tabloid magazine was filled with tawdry gossip about celebrities.
