tawdry

1. superl. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. Source: opted

2. superl. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors. Source: opted

3. n. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. Source: opted

4. adj. tastelessly showy Source: wordnet

5. adj. made of inferior workmanship and materials Source: wordnet

6. 1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [Obs.] And gird in your waist, For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. Spenser. 2. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors. He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. Spectator. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.] Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them tawdries for their necks. Drayton. Source: webster

7. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair;hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.]Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them tawdries for theirnecks. Drayton. Source: adambom

8. j:85/n:15 s tastelessly showy s cheap and shoddy Source: ecdict

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