Definitions

trashy

[trash-ee] / ˈtræʃ i /

ADJECTIVE

worthless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crummy sleazy tawdry

WEAK

abandoned barren bogus cheap cheesy crappy cruddy despicable empty flimsy garbage good-for-nothing grungy inferior junky lousy low in quality no-good ratty raunchy shabby shoddy useless valueless

Antonyms

STRONGEST

nice

Example Sentences

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“Of course I’m not the Hollywood girl. I’m like the trashy Missouri bar girl,” Slayyyter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

For the record, Buffalo chicken wings are messy but never trashy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

“Temptation Island,” an EPA Superfund site among trashy romance competition shows, predates all of these.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

She returns to the festival after winning five Brit Awards for her deliberately trashy seventh album, Brat.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2025

“Littlest one, he’s nothin’ but a trashy dog—he’ll run down most anything ’cept what I’m after.

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor