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TAWDRINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tawdriness mean?
• TAWDRINESS (noun)
The noun TAWDRINESS has 1 sense:
1. tasteless showiness
Familiarity information: TAWDRINESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tasteless showiness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
brashness; flashiness; garishness; gaudiness; glitz; loudness; meretriciousness; tawdriness
Hypernyms ("tawdriness" is a kind of...):
tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)
Derivation:
tawdry (made of inferior workmanship and materials)
tawdry (tastelessly showy)
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