Thesaurus / tacky
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Then, the public treated the relationship as tacky, embarrassing, tarnishing both their images.
THE JENNIFER LOPEZ-BEN AFFLECK RECOUPLING IS THE GREATEST GOSSIP STORY WE’VE HAD IN YEARSCONSTANCE GRADYAUGUST 24, 2021VOXFor most outdoor spaces, a solid color works well and won’t seem too tacky.
OPTIMAL GRILLING ACCESSORIES AND GRILLING TOOLS FOR THE BEST BACKYARD BBQIRENA COLLAKUJUNE 25, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIt is an object my grandmother would certainly have called “tacky, tacky,” and she would have been right.
HOW TO GARNISH COCKTAILS, NOW THAT YOU’RE CLINKING GLASSES WITH FRIENDS AGAINM. CARRIE ALLANMAY 21, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIn the evening, masked waitresses in colorful, frilly dresses balance bottles of tequila on their heads and perform to “Baby Shark” at a tacky restaurant in Cancún’s nightlife district.
TOURISTS ARE RETURNING TO CANCÚN. BUT WORKERS' FEARS ABOUT COVID-19 NEVER WENT AWAYOSCAR LOPEZ / CANCÚN, MEXICOJANUARY 11, 2021TIMEThere’s a universal tripod plate with various threaded sockets, as well as an adhesive wall mount that sticks to any flat surface with a tacky 3M adhesive.
MOMENT’S MAGSAFE ACCESSORIES LET YOU STICK YOUR IPHONE WHEREVER YOU WANTSTAN HORACZEKNOVEMBER 3, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWe looked like a tacky party as almost every one had on something borrowed or incongruous.
BACK AT SCHOOL WITH THE TUCKER TWINSNELL SPEEDThus cried the urchin, following close behind the party, upon his mountain-tacky.
GUY RIVERS: A TALE OF GEORGIAWILLIAM GILMORE SIMMSRounding and backing are best done after the glue has ceased to be tacky, but before it has set hard.
BOOKBINDING, AND THE CARE OF BOOKSDOUGLAS COCKERELLAlthough several of the formulas remained tacky for over a week, all dried thoroughly in the time allotted.
PAINT TECHNOLOGY AND TESTSHENRY A. GARDNERCut off a slip of paper of the same size, put on some of the knotting, and when it is tacky, stick down the strengthening slip.
THREE HUNDRED THINGS A BRIGHT BOY CAN DOANONYMOUSWORDS RELATED TO TACKY
- base
- broken-down
- cheap
- cheesy
- common
- dilapidated
- dingy
- discreditable
- disgraceful
- dishonorable
- disreputable
- gaudy
- ignominious
- inferior
- inglorious
- junky
- makeshift
- mean
- not up to snuff
- paltry
- plastic
- poor
- pretentious
- run down
- scruffy
- second-rate
- seedy
- shabby
- shady
- shameful
- sleazy
- slipshod
- tacky
- tawdry
- trashy
- unrespectable
- artificial
- barbaric
- barbarous
- coarse
- crass
- crude
- down and dirty
- flashy
- foolish
- garish
- gaudy
- graceless
- hideous
- impolite
- improper
- indecorous
- indelicate
- indiscreet
- inelegant
- loud
- low
- low-down
- makeshift
- off-color
- ornate
- ostentatious
- outlandish
- pretentious
- raunchy
- rough
- rude
- showy
- stupid
- tacky
- tactless
- tawdry
- trivial
- uncouth
- unlovely
- unpolished
- unrefined
- unseemly
- unsightly
- useless
- wild
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
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