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
tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)
Of a substance, slightly sticky.
Hypernym: Thesaurus:adhesive
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
tacky (plural tackies)
Alternative form of tackey
Source: Wiktionary
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
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
