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Synonyms for tacky
ˈtæk itack·y

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  1. tackyadjective

    (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch

    "tacky varnish"

    Synonyms:
    flashy, tawdry, cheap, meretricious, flash, gimcrack, tatty, garish, brassy, trashy, loud, gaudy

    Antonyms:
    dry, tasteful

  2. brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashyadjective

    tastelessly showy

    "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

    Synonyms:
    forte, crummy, brazen, brazen-faced, chintzy, ratty, audacious, specious, loud, punk, shabby, flashy, meretricious, jazzy, cheapjack, bodacious, inexpensive, tinny, bum, cheap, sleazy, trashy, brassy, insolent, gaudy, garish, tatty, shoddy, sporty, cheesy, tawdry, brasslike, moth-eaten, bald-faced, barefaced, gimcrack, chinchy, flash, showy, gilded, rubbishy

    Antonyms:
    tasteful, dry

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  1. tackyadjective

    Synonyms:
    sticky, adhesive, dowdy, shabby, unkempt, seedy

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#277340barefaced

How to use tacky in a sentence?

  1. Debra Tate:

    I know for a fact she did not have a premonition — awake or in a dream — that she and Jay would have their throat cut, i checked with all of her living friends. None of her friends had any knowledge of this. Tacky, tacky, tacky. It’s a total fabrication.

  2. Anne Marie Blackman:

    Santa hats on geese is classic( early)'80s, someone would have had home decorations that matched that sweater, and they weren't tacky at all, at that time. ... You can picture someone with embroidered geese in a deep brown frame.

  3. David Anasagasti:

    It’s getting kind of tacky.

  4. David Anasagasti:

    Walls are getting done over, left and right, with total disregard, it’s getting kind of tacky.


Translations for tacky

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  • billig, klebrig, geschmacklosGerman
  • malbongustaEsperanto
  • pegajosoSpanish
  • mauton, halpa, tarttuva, tahmea, tökerö, tyylitönFinnish
  • quétaine, collantFrench
  • viscoso, pacchianoItalian
  • דָבִיקHebrew
  • lipīgsLatvian
  • slecht, smakeloos, goedkoop, kleverigDutch
  • lepkiPolish
  • fajuto, pegajoso, brega, cafona, espalhafatoso, mirabolante, de mau gosto, desleixado, grudentoPortuguese
  • lipiciosRomanian
  • броский, бедно одетый, показной, неэлегантный, кричащий, мишурный, неряшливый, аляповатый, низкокачественный, безвкусный, липкий, низкопробный, дешёвыйRussian
  • klibbigSwedish
  • baduyTagalog
  • 俗气的Chinese

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