TACKY

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

(adjective) tastelessly showy; “a flash car”; “a flashy ring”; “garish colors”; “a gaudy costume”; “loud sport shirts”; “a meretricious yet stylish book”; “tawdry ornaments”

tacky

(adjective) (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; “tacky varnish”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Adjective

tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)

Of a substance, slightly sticky.

Hypernym: Thesaurus:adhesive

Etymology 2

Adjective

tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)

(colloquial) Of low quality.

(colloquial) In poor taste.

Gaudy or flashy.

Synonyms: flashy, showy, garish

Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.

Synonym: dowdy

Noun

tacky (plural tackies)

Alternative form of tackey

Source: Wiktionary

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Tack"y, a. Etym: [Cf. Techy, Tack a spot.]

Definition: Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried. [U. S.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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