Tacky

/ˈtæki/

Synonyms for "tacky" (279 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (56)

Adjective(9 words)

cheap gaudy tawdry adhesive brassy campy cheesiest chintzier chintziest

Noun(4 words)

adherent adhesive amylaceous basebeat upbeat-up bedraggled blowsy blowzy boggy breakable brittlebroken downbroken-down brummagem bulldogged bulldoggish bulldoggy bullheaded careless

Show 23 more words

cheap cheap-jack cheesy chintzy clabbered clammy clingy clotted coagulated coarse cobwebby common crude crumbly curdled dainty damp dampish dank decrepit delicatedelicately weakdewy

Strong matches (84)

dilapidated dingy doughy dowdydown at the heeldown-at-heeldown-at-the-heelsdrabbletailed draggled draggletailed effeminate faded fenny flimsyfourth classfourth-class fragile frail frangible frayed

Show 47 more words

frazzled frowzy frumpish frumpyfull of holesgaudy gaumy gelatinous gimcrack gimcracky glairy gluelike gluey glutenous glutinose glutinousgone to seedgooey gossamery grubby grumous gumbo gumbolike gumlike gummous gummy heavy holey humidin ragsin shredsin tattersincorrect inelegant inferior informal inspissated irregular jelled jellied jellylike jerryjerry builtjerry-built light lightweight loose

Adjective(13 words)

dingiest dinky downmarket flash flashy garish gimcrack gluiest glutinous gummier gummiest inferior kitschy

Noun(3 words)

gaudy ornamentgumming kitsch

Verb(1 words)

gummed

Related words (139)

Adjective(19 words)

loud meretricious resinous schlocky schmalzy scummy shlocky shoddy showy stickier stickiest sticky tasteless tatty tawdrier tawdriest trashier trashy vulgar

low classlow gradelow testlow-class low-grade low-quality low-test lumpen marshy mean messymickey mousemoist mucilaginous muggy mussynamby pambynamby-pamby negligent obstinate

Show 91 more words

out-of-dateoutmoded paltry papery pasteboardy pasty patchy persistent poky poor punk puny ragged raggedy rainy ratty ropy roric roriferous ruinousrun downrun-down scraggly scrubby scruffysecond bestsecond classsecond ratesecond-best second-class seedy self-adhesive sentimental shabby shattery shoddy sissified slabby slack slatternly sleazy slight slimy slipshod slithery sloppy slovenly sluttish sordid squalid starchy stickable sticky stodgy stringy stubborn swampy syrupy tasteless tattered tatty tawdry tenacious thick thickenedthird classthird ratethird-class third-rate threadbare tinny torn tough tremelloid tremellose unbecoming undried unkempt unneat unsightly unsubstantial unsuitable untidy viscid viscose viscous vulgar wet wettish wispy womanish

Noun(7 words)

most ornamentalrachet ratchet schlock shlock sticking sticktight

Adjective(2 words)

ramshackle unfashionable

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

6 entries

evaluative termnegative descriptorpejorative termphysical propertyquality descriptorsurface property

More specific

9 entries

adhesive tapecheap souvenirflashy signagegaudy dressgluelow quality goodspasteshoddy workmanshiptasteless poster

Collocations

6 entries

tacky decortacky designtacky jewelrytacky marketingtacky outfittacky souvenir

Inflections

2 entries

tackier tackiest

Derivations

2 entries

tackily tackiness

similar

2 entries

tasteless wet

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Because he thought Fred's comment was tacky, Larry got up on his high horse.

Source: tatoeba (34086)

What a tacky idea!

Source: tatoeba (4495402)

It looks tacky.

Source: tatoeba (6289598)

Mary's gold iPhone looks tacky.

Source: tatoeba (6289602)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

More for "tacky"

Meaning

Keep exploring

Read the definition Browse writing guides Read the blog