tawdry

/'tɔ:dri/

Thân thiện

The market stall displayed a row of tawdry necklaces.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Cheap and shoddy; of poor quality: "Tawdry" describes something that is made cheaply and shows poor quality or workmanship.
   • Tastelessly showy; gaudy: "Tawdry" also describes something that is bright, decorated, or colorful in a way that is vulgar, tasteless, and intended to attract attention.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The market was full of tawdry souvenirs that fell apart quickly. (Describing items as cheaply made and of low quality.)
  • She wore tawdry jewelry that glittered under the harsh lights. (Describing something as gaudy and tastelessly showy.)
  • The politician's tawdry promises were quickly forgotten. (Describing something as cheap, insincere, or morally shoddy.)

Advanced Usage

• "Tawdry affair": A situation, often a romantic or scandalous one, that is considered sordid, cheap, or morally degrading.
  • The newspaper exposed the minister's tawdry affair.
• "Tawdry display": An ostentatious show that is considered vulgar or in poor taste.
  • The awards ceremony descended into a tawdry display of wealth.

Variants and Related Words

• Tawdrily (adverb): In a tawdry manner.
  • The room was tawdrily decorated with plastic gems.
• Tawdriness (noun): The quality of being tawdry.
  • The tawdriness of the decor was overwhelming.

Synonyms

• Gaudy: Extravagantly bright or showy, typically so as to be tasteless.
• Garish: Obtrusively bright and showy; lurid.
• Meretricious: Apparently attractive but having no real value; flashy.
• Tacky: Showing poor taste and quality.
• Shoddy: Badly made or done.

Antonyms

• Elegant: Pleasingly graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
• Tasteful: Showing good aesthetic judgment or appropriate behavior.
• Refined: Elegant and cultured in appearance, manner, or taste.
• High-quality: Of very good quality.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• "Tawdry tale": A story that is sordid, sensational, or morally questionable.
  • The tabloid was known for publishing tawdry tales about celebrities.
• "Tawdry glamour": A false or cheap kind of attractiveness.
  • The casino had a certain tawdry glamour that appealed to him.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. cheap and shoddy
   • cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob- Judith Crist
2. tastelessly showy
   • a flash car
   • a flashy ring
   • garish colors
   • a gaudy costume
   • loud sport shirts
   • a meretricious yet stylish book
   • tawdry ornaments

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cheapjack
• shoddy