tawdry
(of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
cheap, gaudy apparel.
Origin of tawdry
1Other words for tawdry
Opposites for tawdry
Other words from tawdry
- taw·dri·ly, adverb
- taw·dri·ness, noun
- un·taw·dry, adjective
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How to use tawdry in a sentence
The only way to achieve this, she decides, is to live tawdrily, in a tawdry place.
American Dreams, 1943: 'Two Serious Ladies' by Jane Bowles | Nathaniel Rich | May 30, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTTawdrily dressed girls saunter along the sidewalks, or loll from the window-sills.
Both were young; both were tawdrily dressed, with many strings of beads and rings on neck and fingers.
Nicanor - Teller of Tales | C. Bryson TaylorIt made the surrounding array of pretty silver cups and engraved medals look tawdrily insignificant.
Lad: A Dog | Albert Payson TerhunePerhaps they were more like country milliners, and pupil teachers rather tawdrily dressed, than any other classes of young women.
The Uncommercial Traveller | Charles Dickens
They are very friendly, are not so tawdrily decorated as those we saw below, and use little or no paint.
British Dictionary definitions for tawdry
/ (ˈtɔːdrɪ) /
cheap, showy, and of poor quality: tawdry jewellery
Origin of tawdry
1Derived forms of tawdry
- tawdrily, adverb
- tawdriness, noun
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