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Tawdry

  1. adjective

    cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist

    “cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob”

    Similar: cheapjack, shoddy

  2. adjective

    tastelessly showy

    “a flash car”

    Similar: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy

Word family

tawdriness · tawdrily

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