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tawdry

  • 1 blistav ali jevtin

    • tawdry

    Serbian-English dictionary > blistav ali jevtin

  • 2 suviše šaren

    • tawdry

    Serbian-English dictionary > suviše šaren

  • 3 šljokičav

    • tawdry

    Serbian-English dictionary > šljokičav

  • 4 ზიზილპიპილებიანი

    tawdry

    Georgian-English new dictionary > ზიზილპიპილებიანი

  • 5 flitterhaft

    Deutsch-Englisches Wörterbuch > flitterhaft

  • 6 flitterhaft

    tawdry
    * * *
    * * *
    adj.
    tawdry adj. adv.
    tawdrily adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > flitterhaft

  • 7 мішурний

    tawdry, flashy, gaudy; trumpery, gimcrack, tinsel

    Українсько-англійський словник > мішурний

  • 8 drečeći

    * * *
    • showy
    • tawdry

    Hrvatski-Engleski rječnik > drečeći

  • 9 безвкусные украшения

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > безвкусные украшения

  • 10 кричаще безвкусный

    tawdry имя прилагательное:

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > кричаще безвкусный

  • 11 дешевый шик

    tawdry имя существительное:

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > дешевый шик

  • 12 oto

    • tawdry
    • tax

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > oto

  • 13 úlula

    • tawdry
    • tax

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > úlula

  • 14 аляповатый

    tawdry, gaudy; tacky амер.

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > аляповатый

  • 15 csicsás

    tawdry, fussy

    Magyar-ingilizce szótár > csicsás

  • 16 chabacano

    adj.
    1 coarse, low-minded, vulgar, lurid.
    2 gullible.
    m.
    1 apricot.
    2 gawk.
    * * *
    1 coarse, vulgar
    * * *
    I
    ADJ [chiste] vulgar, coarse, in bad taste; [objeto] cheap; [trabajo] shoddy
    II
    SM Méx apricot, apricot tree
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless
    II
    masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree; ( fruta) apricot
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].
    Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex. This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex. Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex. When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    ----
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.
    * * *
    I
    - na adjetivo <ropa/decoración> gaudy, tasteless; <espectáculo/persona> vulgar; <chiste/cuento> coarse, tasteless
    II
    masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree; ( fruta) apricot
    * * *
    = gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], vulgar, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], gawky, garish, lurid, tasteless, crass [crasser -comp., crassest -sup.].

    Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.

    Ex: This paper is a somewhat whimsical glance backwards, recalling 6 vulgar American parodies of 7 enduring songs.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: His zany humor, gawky production, and sexual exhibitionism have grown in this new film into a confident, ironic account of a world in which it pays to be rich and beautiful.
    Ex: Some of the streets transform at night with garish neon lights and red lanterns signifying houses of pleasure.
    Ex: When she discovered vintage comics and their lurid covers, she went nuts.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: In these new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    * demasiado chabacano = all too shabby.

    * * *
    chabacano1 -na
    1 ‹ropa/decoración› gaudy, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, tacky ( colloq); ‹espectáculo› vulgar, tasteless; ‹persona› vulgar; ‹chiste/cuento› coarse, tasteless
    2 ( Méx) (simple, ingenuo) gullible
    A ( Ling) pidgin Spanish ( spoken in the Philippines)
    B ( Méx) (árbol) apricot tree; (fruta) apricot
    * * *

    chabacano 1
    ◊ -na adjetivo ‹ropa/decoración gaudy, tasteless;


    espectáculo/persona vulgar;
    chiste/cuento coarse, tasteless
    chabacano 2 sustantivo masculino (Méx) ( árbol) apricot tree;
    ( fruta) apricot
    chabacano,-a adj pey (de mal gusto) cheap
    ' chabacano' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chabacana
    English:
    tacky
    - apricot
    * * *
    chabacano, -a
    adj
    vulgar
    nm
    1. [lengua] = Spanish creole spoken in some parts of the Philippines
    2. Méx [fruto] apricot
    3. Méx [árbol] apricot tree
    * * *
    I adj vulgar, tacky fam
    II m Méx
    apricot
    * * *
    chabacano, -na adj
    : tacky, tasteless
    chabacano nm, Mex : apricot

    Spanish-English dictionary > chabacano

  • 17 hortera

    adj.
    1 tacky(informal) (decoration, clothes, song). (peninsular Spanish)
    es muy hortera he has really tacky o naff taste (British)
    2 bad-taste, tacky.
    * * *
    1 familiar (grosero) common, vulgar, tasteless; (cursi) corny, tacky; (ostentoso) flashy
    1 vulgar person, person with no taste
    * * *
    I * Esp
    1. ADJ INV
    1) (=de mal gusto) [decoración] tacky *, tasteless, vulgar; [persona] lacking in taste; [gustos] terrible, crude
    2) (=fingido) fraud, sham
    2.
    SMF

    es un horterahis taste stinks *, he has lousy taste *

    II III
    SM shop-assistant, grocer's boy
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < vestido> tacky (colloq); < cantante> uncool (colloq)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp fam)
    * * *
    = tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], bad taste, naff.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex. However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.
    Ex. Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (Esp fam) < vestido> tacky (colloq); < cantante> uncool (colloq)
    II
    masculino y femenino (Esp fam)
    * * *
    = tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], gaudy [gaudier -comp., gaudiest -sup.], bad taste, naff.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: Less gaudy techniques are usually in the end more successful.
    Ex: However, there is a gleeful bad-taste energy throughout; the film's dumb good nature is infectious, though hardly commendable.
    Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam) ‹vestido› tacky ( colloq), naff ( BrE colloq); ‹cantante› uncool ( colloq), naff ( BrE colloq)
    tiene un gusto de lo más hortera para vestirse he has lousy o really naff taste in clothes ( colloq)
    tiene un novio hortera she has a really uncool boyfriend ( colloq)
    la canción es super-hortera it's a really uncool o naff song
    ( Esp fam)
    es una hortera she's so uncool ( colloq), she likes such tacky things ( colloq), she has really naff taste ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

     

    hortera adjetivo (Esp fam) ‹vestido/canción tacky (colloq);

    hortera
    I adj fam
    1 (persona) flashy, vulgar: esa mujer es tan hortera, that woman has no taste at all
    2 (objeto) tacky, kitsch
    II mf es un hortera, he has no taste

    ' hortera' also found in these entries:
    English:
    brash
    - flash
    - flashy
    - loud
    - naff
    - tacky
    - tawdry
    - vulgar
    * * *
    adj
    1. [decoración, ropa, canción] tacky, Br naff
    2. [persona]
    es muy hortera he has really tacky o Br naff taste
    nmf
    es un hortera he has really tacky o Br naff taste
    * * *
    I fam
    adj tacky fam
    II m/f fam
    tacky person fam
    * * *
    hortera adj, Spain fam : tacky, gaudy
    * * *
    hortera adj naff

    Spanish-English dictionary > hortera

  • 18 cateto

    adj.
    boorish, hick.
    m.
    1 side of a triangle, leg.
    2 yokel, bumpkin, boor.
    3 cathetus.
    * * *
    nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 peyorativo (palurdo) dimwit, yokel
    ————————
    1 (de triángulo) side of a right-angled triangle forming the right angle
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    * SM / F yokel *, hick (EEUU) *
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.
    Ex. His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.
    Ex. Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex. The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.
    * * *
    masculino (Mat) leg
    * * *
    = redneck, churl, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], rube, hick.

    Ex: His talks sparkle with Southern humor and a distinct voice known to mention rednecks, the evil of institutions, and racial reconciliation.

    Ex: Then again, who but a churl could fail to grieve at the waste of an artistic life of such immensity and grandeur?.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: Good heavens, if American culture isn't about wearing baggy pants, baseball caps and talking like a rube, what is it all about then?.
    Ex: The Wizard, played by Joel Grey, is a smooth-talking dumbbell who admits he is 'a corn-fed hick' and 'one of your dime-a-dozen mediocrities'.

    * * *
    cateto1 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    A ( Esp) (paleto) peasant ( pej), yokel ( colloq), hick ( AmE colloq), yokel ( BrE colloq)
    B
    * * *

    cateto,-a
    I m,f pey yokel
    II m Mat cathetus
    ' cateto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cateta
    English:
    boorish
    - hick
    - redneck
    * * *
    cateto, -a
    adj
    Pey uncultured, uncouth
    nm,f
    Pey country bumpkin
    nm
    Geom = either of the two short sides of a right-angled triangle, Espec cathetus
    * * *
    I m MAT leg
    II m, cateta f pop
    hick fam, yokel fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > cateto

  • 19 de mal gusto

    in bad taste
    * * *
    (adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]
    Ex. The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex. The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex. An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    Ex. Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    Ex. Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.
    * * *
    (adj.) = in bad taste, tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.], distasteful, unbecoming, tasteless, tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], naff, trashy [trashier -comp., trashiest -sup.]

    Ex: The author defends popular culture as a legitimate and important library resource, conceding that much of its is in bad taste.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    Ex: The physical effort of keeping tabs on people as well as the distasteful practice of checking up on staff output achieves nothing and may do considerable damage.
    Ex: An analysis of their usage by readers of both sexes revealed some unbecoming sexist attitudes and some ungentlemanlike behaviour.
    Ex: Of the hundreds of figurines currently on the market, here are the most bizarrely tasteless.
    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex: Elton then started to metamorphose from 'sensitive guy' singer into someone famous for wearing naff sunglasses and dressing up as a duck.
    Ex: Wilensky has argued that 'the good, the mediocre and the trashy are becoming fused in one massive middle mush' and that 'intellectuals are increasingly tempted to play to mass audiences'.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de mal gusto

  • 20 de pésimo gusto

    (adj.) = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.]
    Ex. There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.
    Ex. This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.
    * * *
    (adj.) = tacky [tackier -comp., tackiest -sup.], tawdry [tawdrier -comp., tawdriest -sup.]

    Ex: There was nothing tacky about the invitation, other that the request that gifts be in the form of cash, of course.

    Ex: This article looks at 'fairness' in the book trade today, and some of the tawdry tricks indulged in by publishers, agents and authors at each other's expense.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de pésimo gusto

См. также в других словарях:

  • Tawdry — Taw dry, a. [Compar. {Tawdrier}; superl. {Tawdriest}.] [Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts were sold …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tawdry — cheap, showy, gaudy, 1670s, adjective use of noun tawdry silk necktie for women (1610s), shortened from tawdry lace (1540s), an alteration of St. Audrey s lace, a necktie or ribbon sold at the annual fair at Ely on Oct. 17 commemorating St.… …   Etymology dictionary

  • tawdry — ► ADJECTIVE (tawdrier, tawdriest) 1) showy but cheap and of poor quality. 2) sordid; sleazy. DERIVATIVES tawdriness noun. ORIGIN short for tawdry lace, a fine silk lace or ribbon, contraction of St Audrey s lace: Audrey was the patron saint of… …   English terms dictionary

  • Tawdry — Taw dry, n.; pl. {Tawdries}. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey s fair; hence, a necklace in general. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make Them tawdries for their necks. Drayton. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tawdry — I adjective baroque, bedizened, blatant, brummagem, catchpenny, cheap, common, crass, crude, flashy, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, inelegant, loud, meretricious, ostentatious, pretentious, shoddy, showy, sleazy, tasteless, tinsel, vulgar II …   Law dictionary

  • tawdry — *gaudy, garish, flashy, meretricious Analogous words: *showy, pretentious: vulgar, gross, *coarse: flamboyant, *ornate, florid …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • tawdry — [adj] cheap, tasteless blatant, brazen, chintzy*, common, crude, dirty, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glaring, glittering, glitzy, jazzy, junky*, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, offensive, plastic, poor, raffish, screaming,… …   New thesaurus

  • tawdry — [tô′drē] adj. tawdrier, tawdriest [by syllabic merging of St. Audrey, esp. in St. Audrey laces, women s neckpieces sold at St. Audrey s fair in Norwich, England] cheap and showy; gaudy; sleazy tawdriness n …   English World dictionary

  • 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

  • tawdry — adjective (tawdrier, tawdriest) 1》 showy but cheap and of poor quality. 2》 sordid; sleazy. noun archaic cheap and gaudy finery. Derivatives tawdrily adverb tawdriness noun Word History Tawdry is short for tawdry lace, a …   English new terms dictionary

  • tawdry — taw|dry [ˈto:dri US ˈto: ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: tawdry lace necklace (16 18 centuries), from St. Audrey s lace, from St. Audrey 7th century queen of Northumbria, England; because it was originally sold at fairs in honor of St. Audrey]… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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