tawdry Sentence Examples

  1. The party decorations looked tawdry, with cheap plastic banners and streamers.
  2. She regretted buying the tawdry necklace from the discount jewelry store.
  3. The town's abandoned amusement park stood as a tawdry reminder of its past glory.
  4. The tabloid magazine was filled with tawdry gossip about celebrities.
  5. His attempt at humor came across as tawdry and offensive.
  6. The old theater had a certain tawdry charm, with its faded velvet seats and peeling paint.
  7. She refused to wear the tawdry costume her mother had picked out for Halloween.
  8. The politician's promises seemed tawdry and insincere, designed only to win votes.
  9. The reality TV show was criticized for its tawdry portrayal of relationships.
  10. Despite their best efforts, the party planners couldn't shake off the tawdry reputation of the event venue.

tawdry Meaning

Wordnet

tawdry (s)

tastelessly showy

made of inferior workmanship and materials

Webster

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.

Webster

tawdry (n.)

A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.

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

meretricious,terrible, garish, kitsch, flashy, swanky, glitzy, ostentatious, poor, cheap

handsome, tasteful,elegant, handsome, tasteful, elegant, superior, refined, excellent, first-class

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.