Tinny

//ˈtɪni//

Synonyms for "tinny" (107 found)

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Closest matches (22)

metallic acute aureate base brass brassy brazen bronze bronzy cheap cheesy chintzy choked coarse common copper coppery cracked

Adjective(4 words)

bum cheap cheesy chintzy

Strong matches (32)

croaking croaky cupreous cuprous dry ferrous ferruginous flimsy fourth class fourth-class gilt gold gold filled gold-filled gold-plated golden gruff guttural harsh harsh-sounding

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hoarse husky inferior iron ironlike irregular lead leaden low class low grade low test

Adjective(1 words)

crummy

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4 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

chintzy

derived from

1 entries

tin

related to

2 entries

tin tinnie

similar

4 entries

inferior metal metallic

Translations

4 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

калаен adj (pertaining or resembling tin)

Czech

1 entries

cínový adj (pertaining or resembling tin)

German

1 entries

blechern adj (pertaining or resembling tin)

Macedonian

1 entries

ка́лаен adj (pertaining or resembling tin)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

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The object had a tinny appearance.

Source: wiktionary

The shop was filled with tinny tourist geegaws.

Source: wiktionary

The piano was not simply out of tune, but had become downright tinny.

Source: wiktionary

You might find yourself listening to the sound your car door makes when it shuts. Is it a cheap tinny sound or a strong clunky sound like the VW?

Source: wiktionary

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