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Definition of Tawdry
1. Adjective. Tastelessly showy. "Tawdry ornaments"
Similar to: Tasteless
Derivative terms: Cheapness, Flash, Flashiness, Garishness, Garishness, Gaud, Gaudiness, Gaudiness, Loudness, Meretriciousness, Tackiness, Tat, Tawdriness, Trashiness
2. Adjective. Cheap and shoddy. "Cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"
Definition of Tawdry
1. a. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
2. n. A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.
Definition of Tawdry
1. Adjective. Cheap and gaudy; showy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tawdry
1. gaudy [adj -DRIER, -DRIEST] : TAWDRILY [adv] / gaudy finery [n -DRIES] - See also: gaudy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tawdry
Literary usage of Tawdry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"[See tawdry.] A ribbon, braid, or the like made for the wear of country girls.
... The state or character of being tawdry; excessive display of finery; ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"tawdry. Showy, worthless finery; a corruption of St. Audrey. ... "Come, you
promised me л tawdry luce and a pair of sweet gloves."—Winter's Tale, iv. 4. ..."
3. The New York of the Novelists by Arthur Bartlett Maurice (1917)
"CHAPTER VIII The City of Joys, tawdry and Sublime—The Statue of Liberty—The Old
Coney Transformed—Blinker Finds His Brothers. "He no longer saw a rabble, ..."
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