tawdry
noun · adjectiveA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Tawdry lace.
- 2.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
Đồng nghĩa: cheapie, gaud, tack, cheapie, cheapo, tack, tawdry, ticky-tack
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Of clothing, appearance, etc., cheap and gaudy; showy.
Đồng nghĩa: bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash, campy, catchpenny, chichi, chintzy, corny, crass, crude, flashy, flaunting, florid, flossy, froufrou, garish, gauche, gaudy, gay, glaring, gross, gussied up, hideous, kitsch, kitschy, loud, meretricious, naff, obtrusive, ostentatious, pizazzy, pretentious, ritzy, raffish, schlocky, showy, snazzy, splendiferous, tacky, tasteless, tawdry, tinselly, too much, trinkety, unbecoming, untasteful, vain, whorish, zesty
- 2.
Of a character, behavior, or situation, etc., unseemly, base, mean-spirited, shameful.
Đồng nghĩa: sordid
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Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Æþelþrȳþ Æðelþrȳð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.