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tacky
1[tak-ee]
adjective
sticky to the touch; adhesive.
tacky
2[tak-ee]
adjective
not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
shabby in appearance; shoddy.
a tacky, jerry-built housing development.
crass; cheaply vulgar; tasteless; crude.
gaudy; flashy; showy.
tacky
1/ ˳ŁĆ¦°ģÉŖ /
adjective
shabby or shoddy
ostentatious and vulgar
(of a person) dowdy; seedy
tacky
2/ ˳ŁĆ¦°ģÉŖ /
adjective
slightly sticky or adhesive
the varnish was still tacky
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- tackiness noun
- ˳ٲ¹³¦°ģ¾±²Ō±š²õ²õ noun
- ˳ٲ¹³¦°ģ¾±±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of tacky2
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of tacky1
Origin of tacky2
Example Sentences
On a spring afternoon in 2005, the members of OK Go dressed up in tacky suits, gathered in front of a video camera and awkwardly danced their way into history.
I read recently that the costume designer for the film āConclaveā hated the shade of red that cardinals wear today, that on screen it looked really tacky.
Inversely, if youāve got money to spend and find secret fireplaces a little too tacky, good news: How does a fire moat sound?
You ought to write me even if Iām tacky and I donāt write.
To her, her longtime gig at the Razzle Dazzle isnāt just some tacky nudie show ā itās āthe last descendant of Parisian Lido culture.ā
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