All tawdry synonyms
tawΒ·dry
T t adj tawdry
- glaring β shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
- hotshot β highly successful and aggressive: a hotshot lawyer; a hotshot account exec.
- meretricious β alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry.
- flipper β a broad, flat limb, as of a seal or whale, especially adapted for swimming.
- kitschy β something of tawdry design, appearance, or content created to appeal to popular or undiscriminating taste.
- low rent β Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- low-quality β substandard; of inferior quality: Itβs hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they wonβt last long.
- low-rent β Informal. second-rate; bargain-basement.
- blinding β A blinding light is extremely bright.
- loud β (of sound) strongly audible; having exceptional volume or intensity: loud talking; loud thunder; loud whispers.
- catchpenny β designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- inferior β lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
- cheap β Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- flasher β a brief, sudden burst of bright light: a flash of lightning.
- lowborn β of humble birth.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- brummagem β something that is cheap and flashy, esp imitation jewellery
- cruddy β dirty or unpleasant
- gilded β covered or highlighted with gold or something of a golden color.
- in-correct β not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- glittery β glittering; sparkling.
- gussied up β dressed in a showy way
- high-wrought β highly agitated; overwrought.
- low-down β If someone gives you the low-down on a person or thing, they tell you all the important information about them.
- down-at-heel β of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- frou-frou β A rustling sound, as of silk fabric.
- hardcore β unswervingly committed; uncompromising; dedicated: a hard-core segregationist.
- flashy β sparkling or brilliant, especially in a superficial way or for the moment: a flashy performance.
- froufrou β elaborate decoration, as frills, ribbons, or ruffles, especially on women's clothing.
- glitzy β pretentiously or tastelessly showy: a glitzy gown.
- gaudy β brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- garish β crudely or tastelessly colorful, showy, or elaborate, as clothes or decoration.
- brazen β If you describe a person or their behaviour as brazen, you mean that they are very bold and do not care what other people think about them or their behaviour.
- low-grade β of an inferior quality, worth, value, etc.: The mine yields low-grade silver ore.
adjective tawdry
- overbold β Excessively bold.
- jeweled β a cut and polished precious stone; gem.
- cheesy β Cheesy food is food that tastes or smells of cheese.
- jewelled β (chiefly, of a watch) set with jewels.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- junky β of the nature of junk; trashy.
- ornate β elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
- gimcrack β a showy, useless trifle; gewgaw.
- junker β any old or discarded material, as metal, paper, or rags.
- overelaborate β excessively or fussily elaborate, ornate, detailed, etc.
- chintzy β Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.