Frequently Asked Questions About tawdry
Some common synonyms of tawdry are flashy, garish, gaudy, and meretricious. While all these words mean "vulgarly or cheaply showy," tawdry applies to what is at once gaudy and cheap and sleazy.
What does mean tawdry?
tawdry • \TAW-dree\ • adjective. : cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality; also : ignoble.
What is the meaning for garish?
1 : clothed in vivid colors a garish clown. 2a : excessively or disturbingly vivid garish colors garish imagery. b : offensively or distressingly bright : glaring. 3 : tastelessly showy : flashy garish neon signs.
