tawdry

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Cheap and gaudy; showy.
2. Unseemly, base, shameful.

Noun

1. (obsolete) Tawdry lace.
2. (obsolete) Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.

Concepten

opzichtig

smakeloos

opgedirkt

Synoniemen

gaudy

flashy

cheap

tacky

garish

brassy

tatty

trashy

flash

meretricious

loud

trumpery

cheapjack

shoddy

gimcrack

ornate

tinsel

showy

tinselly

vain

vainglorious

vile

Brummagem

cheap-looking

chaffy

cheesy

cock-a-hoop

common

crowing

dirty

fancy

flamboyant

flaunty

frippery

general

highfalutin

ignoble

insignificant

jazzy

scurvy

sordid

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɔːdɹi/

Etymologie (Engels)

Shortened from tawdry lace; originally a corruption and rebracketing of Saint Audrey lace (from Old English Æðelþryð). The lace necklaces sold to pilgrims to Saint Audrey fell out of fashion in the 17th century, and so tawdry was reinterpreted as meaning “cheap” or “vulgar”.