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Tacky   /tˈæki/   Listen
Tacky

adjective
1.
(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch.
2.
Tastelessly showy.  Synonyms: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tatty, tawdry, trashy.  "A flashy ring" , "Garish colors" , "A gaudy costume" , "Loud sport shirts" , "A meretricious yet stylish book" , "Tawdry ornaments"






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"Tacky" Quotes from Famous Books



... was so skeered. Give me your hand, said Ghost, for I didn't see nothin' but a kinder dark shadow. Give me your hand. I think it must ha' been the squaw, for it begged for all the world, jist like an Indgian. I'd see you hanged fust, said I; I wouldn't touch that are dead tacky hand o' yourn' for half a million o' hard dollars, cash down without any ragged eends; and with that, I turned to run out, but Lord love you I couldn't run. The stones was all wet and slimy, and onnateral slippy, and I expected every minute, I should heels up and go for it: ...
— The Attache - or, Sam Slick in England, Complete • Thomas Chandler Haliburton



Words linked to "Tacky" :   gimcrack, wet, tackiness, tasteless



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