TAWDRINESS

flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, brashness, meretriciousness, tawdriness, glitz

(noun) tasteless showiness

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

tawdriness (countable and uncountable, plural tawdrinesses)

The property of being tawdry.

Source: Wiktionary


Taw"dri*ness, n.

Definition: Quality or state of being tawdry. A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. Richardson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET



Word of the Day

20 November 2024

ENEMA

(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes


Do you know this game?

Wordscapes

Wordscapes is a popular word game consistently in the top charts of both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. The Android version has more than 10 million installs. This guide will help you get more coins in less than two minutes of playing the game. Continue reading Wordscapes: Get More Coins