Tawdry

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈtɔːdɹi

Definitions

Tawdry lace.
countable, obsolete, uncountable
Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolchabacano charro hortera

Françaiskitsch tape-à-l’œil

Deutschaufgedonnert aufgetakelt buntflitterhaft gemein geschmacklos kitschig schäbig ungebührlich ungehörig unschicklich unziemend unziemlich verkommen

12 more languages

العربيةرخيص

Българскибезвкусен

Bosanskibunt

Catalàcarrincló xaró

Češtinalaciný mrzký nevkusnýpřízemní

Ελληνικάαγιοβασιλιάτικος

Hrvatskibunt

Nederlandskitscherig opzichtig smakeloos

Portuguêsespalhafatoso mixuruca

Русскийбезвкусный

Српскиbunt

Türkçerüküş

Examples

“That fiddling, parading fellow (you know ⟳ who I mean ⟳) made us wait ⟳ for him two hours […] only for the sake of having a little more tawdry upon his housings […].”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

tawdry lace Tawe Tawe-Uchaf taweez Tawer tawery

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