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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/ ˈæɪ /
adjective
shabby or shoddy
ostentatious and vulgar
(of a person) dowdy; seedy
tacky
2/ ˈæɪ /
adjective
slightly sticky or adhesive
the varnish was still tacky
Other Word Forms
- tackiness noun
- ˈٲ쾱Ա noun
- ˈٲ쾱 adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of tacky2
Word 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 “Conclave” hated the shade of red that cardinals wear today, that on screen it looked really tacky.
Inversely, if you’ve 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 I’m tacky and I don’t write.
To her, her longtime gig at the Razzle Dazzle isn’t just some tacky nudie show — it’s “the last descendant of Parisian Lido culture.”
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