tacky

Speech parts

1. tacky - Noun

2. tacky - Adjective

3. tacky - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gaudy tawdry cheap flash loud flashy garish trashy tatty brassy meretricious gimcrack dowdy mangy pinchbeck
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Antonyms

virgin grand immaculate class swish great
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Derivatives

tackier tackiest

Anagrams

Tyack

Examples

I like my parrot, Figaro. Not in a wrong way – I mean, yes, he'll do anything for a mouth full of seed but nothing tacky. Derren Brown

Sexual underwear is tacky. Izabella Scorupco

Being dull and boring is far more tragic than being tacky. Thom Filicia

I was having coffee with my bodyguard. I didn't expect to be hunting bad guys until later. Leather before sundown is tacky. Kim Harrison

I have done some tacky films, but then they were all my decisions, and I'm happy to have made those because they have made me who I am. Bipasha Basu

My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jewelry, mega heels, high-waisted shorts, catsuits. Jessie J

Close letter words and terms

tackling sport tackroom tacksman Tacloban taclobo tacmahack