OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 15890

tawdry

/ˈtɔːdɹi/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
chabacano • charro • hortera
Cheap and gaudy; showy.
The rest of his dress—a dress always sufficiently tawdry—was overcharged with lace, embroidery, and ornament of every kind, and the plume of feathers which he wore was so high, as…
This wasn't really a room for me; the green curtains before the windows were rather tawdry, and there was anything but an abundance of nails on the walls for hanging one's wardrobe…
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