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View usage for: (tɪni) 1. adjectiveIf you describe a sound as tinny, you mean that it has an irritating, high-pitched quality. He could hear the tinny sound of a radio playing a pop song. ...a small tinny voice. Synonyms: jangling, thin, metallic, jingling More Synonyms of tinny 2. adjectiveIf you use tinny to describe something such as a cheap car, you mean that it is made of thin metal and is of poor quality. It is one of the cheapest cars on the market, with tinny bodywork. More Synonyms of tinny (ˈtɪnɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -nier or -niest1. of, relating to, or resembling tin 2. cheap, badly made, or shoddy 3. (of a sound) high, thin, and metallic 4. (of food or drink) flavoured with metal, as from a container 5. Australian informal lucky nounWord forms: plural -nies6. Australian slang a can of beer 7. Also: tinnie Australian informal a small fishing or pleasure boat with an aluminium hull Derived forms tinnily (ˈtinnily) adverb tinniness (ˈtinniness) noun tinny in American English (ˈtɪni) adjectiveWord forms: ˈtinnier or ˈtinniest1. of, containing, or yielding tin 2. like tin in appearance or strength; bright but cheap; not well-made tinny jewelry 3. of or like the sound made in striking a tin object; specif., having a high-pitched sound lacking in resonance tinny music Derived forms tinnily (ˈtinnily) adverb tinniness (ˈtinniness) noun Examples of 'tinny' in a sentencetinny Definition (of a sound) high, thin, and metallic the tinny sound of a radio playing a pop song Synonyms jangling thin jingling jangly jingly plinky Definition cheap or shoddy a cheap car with tinny bodywork Synonyms poor-quality low-grade cheapjack Additional synonymsDefinition of poor quality Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing. Synonyms inferior, poor, worthless, second-rate, shoddy, tawdry, tatty (British), trashy, substandard, low-rent (informal), two-bit (slang), crappy (slang), two a penny, rubbishy, dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), tinhorn (US, slang), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang), common, paltry, poxy (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Definition showy but cheap a gift shop selling gimcrack badges, keyrings and bottle openers Synonyms cheap, vulgar, tacky (informal), tasteless, naff (British, slang), shoddy, gaudy, tawdry, trashy, rubbishy, brummagem Definition of poor quality These recordings are of inferior quality. Synonyms substandard, bad, poor, mean, worse, poorer, pants (informal), flawed, rotten (informal), dire, indifferent, duff (British, informal), mediocre, second-class, deficient, imperfect, second-rate, shoddy, low-grade, unsound, downmarket, low-rent (informal), for the birds (informal), wretched, two-bit (slang), crappy (slang), no great shakes (informal), poxy (slang), dime-a-dozen (informal), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), bush-league (Australian, New Zealand, informal), not much cop (British, slang), tinhorn (US, slang), half-pie (New Zealand, informal), of a sort or of sorts, strictly for the birds (informal), end-of-the-pier (British, informal), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) - tingle
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Additional synonymsDefinition flimsy, fine, or slight Her limbs were insubstantial, almost transparent. Synonyms flimsy, thin, weak, slight, frail, feeble, tenuousDefinition (of houses) built badly with cheap materials Workers at the plant speak of jerry-built equipment. Synonyms ramshackle, cheap, faulty, shabby, defective, flimsy, rickety, thrown together, slipshod, unsubstantialDefinition (of a voice) harsh, unpleasant, and unemotional There was a metallic click and the gates swung open. Synonyms tinny, jarring, grating, jangling, dissonant, jangly some old rubbishy cop movie Synonyms trashy, cheap, worthless, paltry, shoddy, tawdry, tatty, throwaway, valueless, gimcrack, twopenny, brummagem, twopenny-halfpenny Definition of poor quality I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service. Synonyms inferior, poor, second-rate, cheap, tacky (informal), tawdry, tatty, trashy, low-rent (informal), slipshod, cheapo (informal), rubbishy, junky (informal), cheap-jack (informal), bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) Definition cheap, showy, and of poor quality tawdry jewellery Synonyms vulgar, cheap, tacky (informal), flashy, tasteless, plastic (slang), glittering, naff (British, slang), gaudy, tatty, showy, tinsel, raffish, gimcrack, meretricious, tinselly, brummagem, cheap-jack (informal) Definition not dense Her gown was thin and she shivered from the cold. Synonyms fine, delicate, flimsy, sheer, transparent, see-through, translucent, skimpy, gossamer, diaphanous, filmy, unsubstantialI was watching some trashy TV show. Synonyms worthless, cheap, inferior, shabby, flimsy, shoddy, tawdry, tinsel, thrown together, crappy (slang), meretricious, rubbishy, poxy (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), catchpenny, brummagem, cheap-jack (informal), of a sort or of sorts |