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• tawdry — [[t]tɔ͟ːdri[/t]] tawdrier, tawdriest 1) ADJ GRADED If you describe something such as clothes or decorations as tawdry, you mean that they are cheap and show a lack of taste. ...tawdry jewellery. Syn: tacky 2) ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe …   English dictionary

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• Lourdes — French commune nomcommune=Lourdes Rosary Basilica at night, during the Torchlight Procession région=Midi Pyrénées département=Hautes Pyrénées arrondissement=Argelès Gazost canton=Chief town of 2 cantons .l insee=65286 cp=65100 gentilé=Lourdais… …   Wikipedia

• tinsel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tyneseyle cloth interwoven with metallic thread, probably from Anglo French tencelé, past participle of tenceler, estenceler to sparkle more at stencil Date: 1538 1. threads, strips, or sheets of metal, paper, or …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gaudy — gaudy1 gaudily, adv. gaudiness, n. /gaw dee/, adj., gaudier, gaudiest. 1. brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage. 2. cheaply showy in a tasteless way; flashy. 3. ostentatiously ornamented; garish. [1520 30; or …   Universalium

• garish — adjective garish party decorations Syn: gaudy, lurid, loud, harsh, glaring, violent, showy, glittering, brassy, brash; tasteless, in bad taste, tawdry, vulgar, unattractive, bilious; informal flash, flashy, tacky …   Thesaurus of popular words

• showy — showy, pretentious, ostentatious can mean making or presenting an outward display that is by implication greater than what is necessary or justifiable. Showy, the ordinary term, carries less definite implications than the other words. It implies… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms