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单词 tacky
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Examples of 'tacky' in a sentence
tacky

Skin felt a bit tacky after.It seems to be seen as something that is tacky, twee and frankly just a bit common.Well it'll be something tacky - always is with these pop stars.It should feel firm and slightly tacky.But it would be difficult without it looking a bit tacky.After a slightly tacky cowboy show it's time to see a bit more.On the other, it could have looked a bit tacky.Knife some of the corporation's tacky reality shows instead.Avoid decorations that could be seen as tacky, like signs and tinsel.Apply a thin layer of eyelash glue to the strip of the lashes and wait for it to set slightly and become tacky before use.Appearances on various tacky reality shows have kept her from going under financially but now she has reached an all-time low.This is a world of cheap thrills and tacky pleasures, with little in the way of real happiness or contentment.The table was slightly tacky.Retro chic or tacky cheap?I don't want it to be like one of those awful tacky shows.But the p ¼ resent, a toy car, a bit tacky.Rather than being seen as tacky, it was fêted as being terribly avant-garde.But when I saw who went... it was a bit tacky.A couple from the sticks dismisses the gift shop as'a bit tacky'.

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tacky

British English: tacky ADJECTIVE
If you describe something as tacky, you dislike it because it is cheap and badly made or vulgar.
She wore tacky red sunglasses.
  • American English: tacky
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cafona
  • Chinese: 低劣的
  • European Spanish: hortera
  • French: ringard
  • German: schäbig
  • Italian: pacchiano
  • Japanese: やぼったい
  • Korean: 싸구려의
  • European Portuguese: piroso
  • Latin American Spanish: ordinario

Chinese translation of 'tacky'

tacky

(ˈtækɪ)

adj

  1. (= sticky) 黏的 (nián de)
  2. (pej, = cheap-looking) 俗气(氣)的 (súqì de)
(adjective) 
Definition
slightly sticky
If the finish is still tacky, leave to harden.
Synonyms
sticky
a weakness for rich meat dishes and sticky puddings
wet
adhesive
adhesive tape
gummy
There was gummy stuff all over the pages of the magazine.
icky (informal)
gluey
(adjective) 
Definition
vulgar and tasteless
tacky red sunglasses
Synonyms
vulgar
The decor is ugly, tasteless and vulgar.
cheap (informal)
That was a cheap trick to play on anyone.
tasteless
spectacularly tasteless objets d'art
nasty
There's no need for such nasty language.
sleazy
sleazy bars
naff (British, slang)
(adjective) 
Definition
shabby or shoddy
The whole thing is dreadfully tacky.
Synonyms
seedy
a seedy hotel
shabby
a rather shabby Naples hotel
shoddy
I'm normally quick to complain about shoddy service.

Additional synonyms

in the sense of adhesive
Definition
able or designed to stick to things
adhesive tape
Synonyms
sticky,
holding,
sticking,
attaching,
clinging,
adhering,
tacky,
cohesive,
tenacious,
glutinous,
gummy,
gluey,
mucilaginous
in the sense of cheap
Definition
mean or despicable
That was a cheap trick to play on anyone.
Synonyms
despicable,
mean,
low,
base,
vulgar,
sordid,
contemptible,
scurvy (old-fashioned),
scungy (Australian, New Zealand)
in the sense of gummy
Definition
sticky or tacky
There was gummy stuff all over the pages of the magazine.
Synonyms
sticky,
tacky,
adhesive,
gluey,
viscid

Nearby words of
tacky

  • tack
  • tack something on to something
  • tackle
  • tacky
  • tact
  • tactful
  • tactic

Synonyms of 'tacky'

tacky

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of nasty
There's no need for such nasty language.
Synonyms
obscene,
blue,
sick,
dirty,
offensive,
gross,
foul,
disgusting,
crude,
rude,
filthy,
indecent,
vulgar,
vile,
improper,
pornographic,
lewd,
risqué,
profane,
x-rated,
salacious,
impure,
lascivious,
smutty,
ribald,
licentious,
scatological,
indelicate
in the sense of shabby
Definition
old and worn in appearance
a rather shabby Naples hotel
Synonyms
rundown,
tatty,
seedy,
mean,
neglected,
scruffy,
squalid,
ramshackle,
dilapidated,
grotty (informal),
tumbledown,
insalubrious
in the sense of shoddy
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)
in the sense of sleazy
Definition
dirty, rundown, and not respectable
sleazy bars
Synonyms
squalid,
seedy,
sordid,
low,
rundown,
tacky (informal),
disreputable,
crummy (slang),
scungy (Australian, New Zealand)
in the sense of tasteless
Definition
lacking social or aesthetic taste
spectacularly tasteless objets d'art
Synonyms
gaudy,
cheap,
vulgar,
tacky (informal),
flashy,
naff (British, slang),
garish,
inelegant,
tawdry
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