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Synonyms for tacky
ˈtæk itack·y
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Princeton's WordNet
tackyadjective
(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
"tacky varnish"
Synonyms:
flashy, tawdry, cheap, meretricious, flash, gimcrack, tatty, garish, brassy, trashy, loud, gaudybrassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashyadjective
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
Synonyms:
forte, crummy, brazen, brazen-faced, chintzy, ratty, audacious, specious, loud, punk, shabby, flashy, meretricious, jazzy, cheapjack, bodacious, inexpensive, tinny, bum, cheap, sleazy, trashy, brassy, insolent, gaudy, garish, tatty, shoddy, sporty, cheesy, tawdry, brasslike, moth-eaten, bald-faced, barefaced, gimcrack, chinchy, flash, showy, gilded, rubbishy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#827 | cheap | |
#1174 | flash | |
#5312 | punk | |
#6888 | loud | |
#9246 | sticky | |
#9817 | inexpensive | |
#12556 | trivial | |
#18726 | forte | |
#20585 | bum | |
#20982 | trashy | |
#23717 | sporty | |
#23811 | vulgar | |
#24752 | cheesy | |
#25249 | shabby | |
#28916 | jazzy | |
#32970 | tasteless | |
#33159 | sleazy | |
#33469 | flashy | |
#34679 | gilded | |
#38672 | tacky | |
#44447 | brazen | |
#46345 | corny | |
#51684 | audacious | |
#51821 | shoddy | |
#53694 | showy | |
#56411 | distasteful | |
#59182 | gaudy | |
#70480 | insolent | |
#71862 | specious | |
#73054 | crummy | |
#77475 | tinny | |
#77867 | dorky | |
#79242 | garish | |
#79400 | ratty | |
#85672 | tatty | |
#96968 | brassy | |
#98669 | bodacious | |
#100861 | tawdry | |
#119592 | clingy | |
#193434 | chintzy | |
#209600 | meretricious | |
#277340 | barefaced |
How to use tacky in a sentence?
I know for a fact she did not have a premonition — awake or in a dream — that she and Jay would have their throat cut, i checked with all of her living friends. None of her friends had any knowledge of this. Tacky, tacky, tacky. It’s a total fabrication.
Walls are getting done over, left and right, with total disregard, it’s getting kind of tacky.
Santa hats on geese is classic( early)'80s, someone would have had home decorations that matched that sweater, and they weren't tacky at all, at that time. ... You can picture someone with embroidered geese in a deep brown frame.
It’s getting kind of tacky.
Translations for tacky
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- billig, klebrig, geschmacklosGerman
- malbongustaEsperanto
- pegajosoSpanish
- mauton, halpa, tarttuva, tahmea, tökerö, tyylitönFinnish
- quétaine, collantFrench
- viscoso, pacchianoItalian
- דָבִיקHebrew
- lipīgsLatvian
- slecht, smakeloos, goedkoop, kleverigDutch
- lepkiPolish
- fajuto, pegajoso, brega, cafona, espalhafatoso, mirabolante, de mau gosto, desleixado, grudentoPortuguese
- lipiciosRomanian
- броский, бедно одетый, показной, неэлегантный, кричащий, мишурный, неряшливый, аляповатый, низкокачественный, безвкусный, липкий, низкопробный, дешёвыйRussian
- klibbigSwedish
- baduyTagalog
- 俗气的Chinese
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