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- pronunciation:
- taw
dri
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| inflections: |
tawdrier, tawdriest |
| definition: |
falsely showy; cheap and gaudy.
The little girl admired this woman's dazzling necklaces and bracelets, but her mother thought they were tawdry.- synonyms:
- garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tinsel
- antonyms:
- classy, elegant, magnificent
- similar words:
- cheap, chintzy, flashy, glitzy, loud, shoddy, showy, sleazy, tacky, tasteless
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| related words: |
glaring, vulgar, wild |
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| derivations: |
tawdrily (adv.), tawdriness (n.) |
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