Tawdry Definition

tôdrē
tawdrier, tawdriest
adjective
tawdrier, tawdriest
Cheap and showy; gaudy; sleazy.
Webster's New World
Shameful or indecent.
Tawdry secrets.
American Heritage

(of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.

Wiktionary
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noun
Cheap and gaudy finery.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Tawdry

Adjective

Base Form:
tawdry
Comparative:
tawdrier
Superlative:
tawdriest

Origin of Tawdry

  • From tawdry lace lace necktie alteration of Saint Audrey's lace (sold at the annual Saint Audrey's fair, Ely, England) after Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor, supposedly because she delighted in fancy necklaces as a young woman

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Shortened from tawdry lace.

    From Wiktionary

Tawdry Sentence Examples

  • Probably these blocks formed the floor of a balcony, a tawdry marble addition.

  • You thought it was just another tawdry late-night TV show.

  • These kinds of cards are usually more suggestive, more direct - but that doesn't give you the excuse to be tawdry or tasteless (unless you are sure your intended recipient will take it in the right tone).

  • No doubt more of this tawdry tale will come out in the weeks to come !

  • She curled around her tawdry bag, whining piteously, abject terror in her wide staring eyes. she began to cry.

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Words Starting With

TTATAW

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