Synonyms for tawdry
ˈtɔ dri

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1. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy(adj)

   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, brasslike, moth-eaten, bald-faced, barefaced, gimcrack, chinchy, flash, showy, tacky, gilded, rubbishy

   Antonyms:
   superior, tasteful

2. cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry(adj)

   cheap and shoddy

   "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist

   Synonyms:
   flashy, cheapjack, garish, trashy, jerry-built, meretricious, tacky, gimcrack, loud, flash, brassy, tatty, deceptive, misleading, cheap, gaudy, shoddy

   Antonyms:
   superior, tasteful

English Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. tawdry

   Synonyms:
   clumsy, coarse, deformed, disgusting, displeasing, distasteful, fulsome, gaudy, grotesque, harsh, hideous, horrid, inartistic, inharmonious, meretricious, offensive, rough, rude, rugged

   Antonyms:
   artistic, chaste, dainty, delicate, delicious, elegant, esthetic, esthetical, exquisite, fastidious, fine, nice, tasteful, tasty

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. tawdry

   Synonyms:
   showy, flashy, tinsel, gaudy, meretricious

   Antonyms:
   chaste, rich, elegant, handsome, sumptuous

Dictionary of English Synonymes(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. tawdry(a.)

   Synonyms:
   showy (without elegance), gaudy, flashy, glittering, in bad taste

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1. tawdry(a)

   Synonyms:
   gaudy, meretricious, showy, flashy, inelegant

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1. Ben Williamson:

   An end to SeaWorld's tawdry and circus-style performance is inevitable, but it's actually captivity that denies these far-ranging orca the opportunity to engage in behaviors that are natural and important to them.

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