Canadian English Meaning of tawdry
tawdry
Other Canadian English words related to tawdry
- bad
- cheap
- common
- fake
- flashy
- garish
- gaudy
- kitsch
- kitsch
- lurid
- showy
- ostentatious
- poor
- rotten
- showy
- swanky
- tacky
- terrible
- vulgar
- glitzy
- bum
- cheapjack
- cheesy
- Rough
- fake
- crappy
- execrable
- Gimcrack
- graceless
- inelegant
- inferior
- junk
- lousy
- low-grade
- mediocre
- phoney
- crummy
- Kitsch
- second-rate
- down-at-the-heels
- shabby
- sham
- junk
- shoddy
- sleazy
- splashy
- swank
- tasteless
- tinselly
- trashy
- junk
- low-rent
- cheap
- cheesy
- brummagem (meaning poor or imitation)
- cut rate
- indifferent
- lackluster
- phony
- second class
- bargain basement
- cheap thing
- dirt cheap
- dirt cheap
Nearest Words of tawdry
Definitions and Meaning of tawdry in English
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.
FAQs About the word tawdry
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
bad,cheap,common,fake,flashy,garish,gaudy,kitsch,kitsch,lurid
elegant,handsome,Tasteful,excellent,good,first class,good,polished,refined,superior
tawdriness => tackiness, tawdrily => tawdrily, tawdries => tawdry rubbish, taw => taw, tavernmen => Taverners,
