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View usage for: gimcrack in British English (ˈdʒɪmˌkræk) noun2. a cheap showy trifle or gadget Derived forms gimcrackery (ˈgimˌcrackery) noun Word origin C18: changed from C14 gibecrake little ornament, of unknown origin gimcrack in American English (ˈdʒɪmˌkræk) adjective1. showy but cheap and useless noun2. a cheap, showy, useless thing Word origin altered < ME gibbecrak, an ornament, prob. < gibben, to be erratic (< OFr giber) + crak, a bursting sound Examples of 'gimcrack' in a sentencegimcrack Synonyms of 'gimcrack'cheap, vulgar, tacky, tasteless More Synonyms of gimcrack Definition showy but cheap a gift shop selling gimcrack badges, keyrings and bottle openers Additional synonymsDefinition vulgarly bright or colourful a gaudy orange-and-purple hat Synonyms garish, bright, glaring, vulgar, brilliant, flash (informal), loud, brash, tacky (informal), flashy, tasteless, jazzy (informal), tawdry, showy, gay (old-fashioned), ostentatious, raffish (archaic), brummagem (archaic), floridDefinition in poor taste This music is really naff. Synonyms bad, poor, inferior, worthless, pants (slang), duff (British, informal), shabby, second-rate, shoddy, low-grade, low-quality, trashy, substandard, for the birds (informal), crappy (slang), valueless, rubbishy, poxy (slang), piss-poor (slang), chickenshit (US, slang), strictly for the birds (informal), twopenny-halfpenny, bodger or bodgie (Australian, slang) some old rubbishy cop movie Synonyms trashy, cheap, worthless, paltry, shoddy, tawdry, tatty, throwaway, valueless, gimcrack, twopenny, brummagem, twopenny-halfpenny - giggle
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Additional synonymsDefinition 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 vulgar and tasteless tacky red sunglasses Synonyms vulgar, cheap (informal), tasteless, nasty, sleazy, naff (British, slang) Definition lacking social or aesthetic taste spectacularly tasteless objets d'art Synonyms gaudy, cheap, vulgar, tacky (informal), flashy, naff (British, slang), garish, inelegant, tawdryDefinition 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) I 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 Definition showing lack of good taste, decency, or refinement The decor is ugly, tasteless and vulgar. Synonyms tasteless, common, flashy, low, gross, nasty, gaudy, tawdry, cheap and nasty, common as muck |