tawdry Antonyms
Strongest:
- rotten
- cheap
- kitschy
- bad
- wretched
- ostentatious
- gaudy
- vulgar
- lurid
- kitsch
- meretricious
- miserable
- glitzy
- fake
- poor
- common
- garish
- showy
- swanky
- terrible
- flashy
- tacky
Strong:
- mediocre
- shabby
- seedy
- bum
- execrable
- cheesy
- shoddy
- low-grade
- counterfeit
- shlock
- gimcrack
- trashy
- junky
- second-rate
- tasteless
- schlock
- swank
- cheapjack
- graceless
- crappy
- lousy
- shlocky
- sham
- phony
- coarse
- schlocky
- low-rent
- trumpery
- sleazy
- rubbishy
- tinselly
- splashy
- inelegant
- inferior
Weak:
Meaning of tawdry
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.
tawdry Sentence Examples
- 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.
- His attempt at humor came across as tawdry and offensive.
- The old theater had a certain tawdry charm, with its faded velvet seats and peeling paint.
- She refused to wear the tawdry costume her mother had picked out for Halloween.
- The politician's promises seemed tawdry and insincere, designed only to win votes.
- The reality TV show was criticized for its tawdry portrayal of relationships.
- Despite their best efforts, the party planners couldn't shake off the tawdry reputation of the event venue.
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
rotten, cheap, kitschy, bad, wretched, ostentatious, gaudy, vulgar, lurid, kitsch
handsome, tasteful, tasteful, elegant, handsome,elegant, refined, superior, first-class, good
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.
