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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
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
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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