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单词 tawdry
释义
tawdry
adjective
uk
/ˈtɔː.dri/us
/ˈtɑː.dri/

tawdryadjective(LOW QUALITY)

lookingbrightandattractivebut infactcheapand oflowquality:
俗艳而不值钱的
Theiruglyfrontgardenandtacky, tawdrylightsfailtoreflectourvillageimage.
A lot of the city'shousingconsists ofnondescripthousesand somedistrictsaredownrighttawdry.
Synonym
gimcrackdisapproving
Compare
garishdisapproving
More examples
  • The tawdryglitterof thefairgroundiscontrastedwith theloversin theshadows.
  • Shefounddressing-gowns andslippersso tawdry.
  • Thestarklightingbathestheaudiencein aharsh, eye-punishingglarethat makes the theater'sseatsandcarpetinglookstrangelytawdry.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not of good quality
  • a miserable, poor, etc. excuse forsomethingidiom
  • apology
  • appallingly
  • atrocious
  • atrociously
  • awfully
  • awfulness
  • badness
  • downscale
  • inadequacy
  • inadequate
  • inadequately
  • janky
  • tacky
  • tawdriness
  • thinness
  • third-class
  • third-rate
  • unappetizing
  • wretched
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tawdryadjective(IMMORAL)

showingor havinglowmoralstandards:
Shehumiliatedherhusbandwith her tawdryaffair.
tawdryrevelationsabout hisvisitstoprostitutes
More examples
  • What acheapand tawdrypoliticaltrick.
  • Theallegationsabout hersonare thelatestchapterin a tawdrytaleoflustandmurder.
  • I can'tunderstandwhy such a goodactorgotinvolvedin such tawdry,tackytelevision.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Morally wrong and evil
  • abhorrent
  • amoral
  • amorality
  • anomie
  • antichrist
  • disgrace
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dissolutely
  • dissoluteness
  • no goodidiom
  • no more Mr Nice Guyidiom
  • non-ethical
  • obscene
  • obscenely
  • turpitude
  • unconscionable
  • unconscionably
  • unethical
  • unprincipled
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Related word

tawdriness
(Definition oftawdryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
tawdry
adjective
uk
/ˈtɔː.dri/us
/ˈtɑː.dri/
lookingbrightandattractivebut infactcheapand oflowquality
俗艳而不值钱的

tawdry| American Dictionary

tawdry
adjective
us
/ˈtɔ·dri/
showy,cheap, and ofpoorquality:
tawdryjewelry/furnishings
(Definition oftawdryfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftawdry

tawdry
Spectacle, by contrast, relies on novelty; when it ceases to be cutting-edge, its effects quickly begin to appear faded andtawdry.
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Is maternal feminism merely atawdryand retrograde diversion?
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The dignity of historical wax effigies gave way in this account totawdryimpersonations made of cheap materials.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The magic of bourgeois life only reaches her in its mosttawdryform, and without thinking she takes all the blessings that drip down from above.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He felt that it was a nine days' wonder which would fizzle out, only to be replaced by an equallytawdryrégime.
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The commission is a complete,tawdryfig leaf.
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In fact, the spectacles are uncouth,tawdryand distasteful, and make you feel disgusted and sick.
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It has been atawdryand ham-fisted attempt to score short-term party-political advantage.
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We are entitled to draw only one set of conclusions from the wholetawdryperformance.
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All this tall talk and all thistawdryrhetoric is taken by us for what it is worth.
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All this means shoddier, needier, moretawdryand neglected cities, towns and villages throughout the land.
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We opposed not only the doctrine and philosophy behind the privatisation proposals but thetawdrypractices that followed them.
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I believe that his amendment is mean-spirited andtawdry.
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I need to be convinced that we should not vote against such atawdrymeasure.
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This has been atawdryand wholly unnecessary exercise.
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