tawdry

noun · adjectiveA2

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Danh từ

noun
Plural noun:
tawdries
  1. 1.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Tawdry lace.

  2. 2.

    (countable, obsolete, uncountable)Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.

    Đồng nghĩa: cheapie, gaud, tack, cheapie, cheapo, tack, tawdry, ticky-tack

Tính từ

adjective
Comparative
tawdrier
Superlative
tawdriest
  1. 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. 2.

    Of a character, behavior, or situation, etc., unseemly, base, mean-spirited, shameful.

    Đồng nghĩa: sordid

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Đồng nghĩa

cheapiegaudtackcheapoticky-tackbedizenedblatantblingishbrashcampycatchpennychichichintzycornycrasscrudeflashyflauntingfloridflossy

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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”.

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