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tawdry
(obsolete) Tawdry lace.
(obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
💬 Quotations
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 if intended to sweep the roof of the hall.
(of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.
📑 Synonyms:
sordid
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