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trashy

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trash·y  (trsh)
adj. trash·i·er, trash·i·est
1. Resembling or containing trash; cheap or worthless: trashy merchandise.
2. In very poor taste or of very poor quality: "There was a special pathos ... within ... her trashy tales" (James Wolcott).

trashi·ly adv.
trashi·ness n.

trashy [ˈtræʃɪ]
adj trashier, trashiest
cheap, worthless, or badly made
trashily  adv
trashiness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.trashy - cheap and inferiortrashy - cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise"
worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
2.trashy - tastelessly showytrashy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste

trashy
adjective worthless, cheap, inferior, shabby, flimsy, shoddy, tawdry, tinsel, thrown together, crappy (slang), meretricious, rubbishy, poxy (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), catchpenny, cheap-jack (informal), of a sort or of sorts I was reading some trashy romance novel.
excellent, outstanding, first-class, exceptional, first-rate, superlative, A1 or A-one (informal)
Translations
trashy [ˈtræʃɪ] ADJmalo, barato
trashy [ˈtræʃi] adj [film, book] → trash inv
a really trashy film → un film vraiment trash
trashy
adj (+er) goodsminderwertig, wertlos; playminderwertig; pop groupbillig; placeschäbig; trashy novelSchundroman m; clothes for teenagers are often trashyTeenagerkleidung ist oft Schund or billiges Zeug
trashy [ˈtræʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (book, film) → scadente


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