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tawdry [ˈtɔːdrɪ] adj -drier, -driest
cheap, showy, and of poor quality tawdry jewellery [C16 tawdry lace, shortened and altered from Seynt Audries lace, finery sold at the fair of St Audrey (Etheldrida), 7th-century queen of Northumbria and patron saint of Ely, Cambridgeshire] tawdrily adv tawdriness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
tawdry adjective vulgar, cheap, tacky (informal), flashy, tasteless, plastic (slang), glittering, naff (Brit. slang), gaudy, tatty, showy, tinsel, raffish, gimcrack, meretricious, tinselly, cheap-jack (informal) tawdry jewellery elegant, stylish, tasteful, simple, plain, refined, graceful, well-tailored, unostentatious, unflashy Translations tawdry adj (+er) clothes → billig und geschmacklos; hat, splendour, decorations → ordinär; person, appearance → aufgedonnert; story, idea → geschmacklos; all this cheap and tawdry jewellery → all dieser billige Flitterkram tawdry [ˈtɔːdrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → pacchiano/a tawdry [ˈtɔːdrɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → pacchiano/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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