单词 | tawdry |
释义 | tawdry[ taw-dree ] / ˈtɔ dri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR tawdry ON THESAURUS.COM adjective, taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est.(of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap. low or mean; base: tawdry motives. nouncheap, gaudy apparel. Origin of tawdry1605–15; short for (Sain)t Audrey lace, i.e., neck lace bought at St. Audrey's Fair in Ely, England; so called after St. Audrey (Old English Aethelthrȳth, died 679), Northumbrian queen and patron saint of Ely, who, according to tradition, died of a throat tumor which she considered just punishment of her youthful liking for neck laces SYNONYMS FOR tawdry1 flashy, meretricious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR tawdry ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR tawdry1 elegant. SEE ANTONYMS FOR tawdry ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM tawdrytaw·dri·ly, adverbtaw·dri·ness, nounun·taw·dry, adjectiveWords nearby tawdrytavern table, TAVR, taw, tawa, tawai, tawdry, tawheowheo, tawhiri, tawie, tawney, tawny Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tawdryBritish Dictionary definitions for tawdrytawdry / (ˈtɔːdrɪ) / adjective -drier or -driestcheap, showy, and of poor qualitytawdry jewellery Derived forms of tawdrytawdrily, adverbtawdriness, nounWord Origin for tawdryC16 tawdry lace, shortened and altered from Seynt Audries lace, finery sold at the fair of St Audrey (Etheldrida), 7th-century queen of Northumbria and patron saint of Ely, Cambridgeshire Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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