Associations to the word «Tawdry»
Noun
- Ornament
- Splendour
- Lace
- Jewelry
- Glare
- Whore
- Dress
- Vase
- Wig
- Edifice
- Decoration
- Audrey
- Carnival
- Curtain
- Silk
- Costume
- Coloured
- Stall
- Charm
- Wanderer
- Taste
- Clothes
- Jewel
- Simplicity
- Altar
- Ambition
- Surrounding
- Constable
- Colt
- Bright
- Mood
- Sentiment
- Booth
- Red
- Doll
- Conception
- Lamp
- Shop
- Flower
- Sex
- Tragedy
- Beauty
- Hat
- Contrast
- Picture
- Critic
- Shoe
- Paint
- Room
- Girl
- Image
- Crowd
- Worst
- Mirror
- Floor
- Pair
- Bone
- Joy
- Apartment
- Habit
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
TAWDRY, adjective. (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
TAWDRY, adjective. (of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.
TAWDRY LACE, noun. (obsolete) A silk ribbon or string worn as a necklace in the 16th and early-17th centuries.
TAWDRY LACES, noun. Plural of tawdry lace
Dictionary definition
TAWDRY, adjective. Tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments".
TAWDRY, adjective. Cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist.
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