What is the meaning of tawdry?

Tastelessly showy.
- usage: "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
Cheap and shoddy."cheapjack moviemaking... That feeds on the low taste of the mob- Judith Crist
- synonyms: cheapjack, shoddy

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APA	WordNet. (2010). tawdry. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/tawdry/definitions/1185093
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