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Meaning of 'tawdry' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tawdry [ n.]
- A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
2 . 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.

Meaning of 'tawdry' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . tawdry [ s]
Meaning (1):
- tastelessly showy
Example in sentence:
  • a flash car;
  • a flashy ring;
  • a gaudy costume;
  • a meretricious yet stylish book;
  • garish colors;
  • loud sport shirts;
  • tawdry ornaments
Meaning (2):
- made of inferior workmanship and materials
Example in sentence:
  • cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob

Nearby Words:

taw tawdries tawdrily tawdriness tawed tawer tawery tawing tawniness tawny

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