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TRASHY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected forms: trashier    , trashiest   

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tastelessly showy

Example:

tawdry ornaments

Synonyms:

brassy; cheap; flash; flashy; garish; gaudy; gimcrack; loud; meretricious; tacky; tatty; tawdry; trashy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)

Derivation:

trashiness (the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cheap and inferior; of no value

Example:

trashy merchandise

Synonyms:

rubbishy; trashy

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)

Derivation:

trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)

trashiness (the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better)

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