TAWDRY

(adj.) cheap and shoddy
"cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"
synonyms : cheapjack , shoddy
(adj.) tastelessly showy
"a flash car", "a flashy ring", "garish colors", "a gaudy costume", "loud sport shirts", "a meretricious yet stylish book", "tawdry ornaments"
synonyms : brassy , cheap , flash , flashy , garish , gaudy , gimcrack , loud , meretricious , tacky , tatty , trashy
She wore a meretricious necklace to the ball. -added by naila_inlas
the wedding guest's thick makeup was garish and unnecessary -added by nithi

-tagged by Administrator

garishly decorated cake

Mnemonics for tawdry

(Tag: ) TOWEL+DRY......In a public locker room, a person who dries his body with a towel in front of everybody is vulgar and gaudy.
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(Tag: ) I AM WRITING AN ANECDOTE BELOW, FROM WHICH YOU WILL REM THE WORD FOREVER: ORIGINALLY THE WORD IS DERIVED FROM AUDRYLACE,A PLACE IN BRITAIN WHERE CHEAP AND SHOWY LACE(PROB OF SHOES) WERE SOLD,SO THE WORD MEANS GAUDY,GARISH,CHEAP AND SHOWY. NICE
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(Tag: ) taw - Toy which is cheap and Dry - Means it is dry showy - Not proper elegence.
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(Tag: ) Tawdry sounds like Laundry -> clothes -> gaudy/showy/cheaply shining clothes
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(Tag: Marathi) Sounds like Taadi in marathi..taadi are cheap alcohol shops
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(Tag: ) tawdry sounds like rowdy..a cheap person indeed!!
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(Tag: ) any1 who asks dowry from their bahus is a fucking tawdry
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(Tag: ) sounds like toddy.. toddy shops are cheap liquor shops.. hence the meaning cheap gaudy..
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(Tag: ) TAWDRY = TAsteless + gAUDY.
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(Tag: english) TAWDRY sounds like "TODDY" means white water it is very cheap compare to all wines....
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(Tag: ) Tawdry is Vulgarity - to be showy, garish or flashy - something that is unpresentable and ungraceful.
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(Tag: ) Dry lands r cheap so tawdry means cheap
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