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Adjective: tawdry (tawdrier,tawdriest)  to-dree
  1. Made of inferior workmanship and materials
    "tawdry moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob";
    - cheapjack [N. Amer, informal], shoddy
     
  2. Tastelessly showy
    "tawdry ornaments";
    - brassy [informal], cheap, flash [informal], flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky [informal], tatty [informal], trashy

Derived forms: tawdrier, tawdriest

See also: inferior, tasteless

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