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tawdriness

NOUN
frippery
Synonyms
STRONG
adornment bauble decoration flashiness frill fussiness gaudiness knickknack meretriciousness ornament ostentation pretentiousness showiness toy trinket
WEAK
fanciness fandangle
Antonyms
STRONG
plainness

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Tawdriness is what we will ultimately succumb to.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2018

A Sorry Season�High Rents� Tawdriness The blare of trumpets with which the new theatrical season opened six weeks ago still echoes about the country, but the echoes along Broadway are ominously hollow.

From Time Magazine Archive

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