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Tacky adj.

Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt. (Local, U. S.)

In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.

Tactless; in poor taste; used to describe behavior.

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Etymology of 'Tacky'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Tacky" Quotes from Famous Books

... was my eagerness to learn from books, that I had given no thought to people. Madison, my first town, showed me that my clothes were homemade and tacky. Other girls wore store shoes and what seemed to me beautifully made dresses. I was a backwoods gawk. I hated myself and ...

— The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography • Unknown

... as before, it is exposed to the light under a positive, and given a long exposure, say four minutes, in the electric light. The sugary coating hardens under the whites and the lighter shades—it only remains tacky under the blacks. The positive cliche is removed, the plate powdered, and bitten; the blacks alone ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 • Various

Words linked to "Tacky" : garish, flashy, cheap, tackiness, tasteless, brassy, tatty, meretricious, flash, trashy, gaudy, tawdry, wet, gimcrack