tacky
1adjective, tack·i·er, tack·i·est.
Origin of tacky
1tacky
2adjective, tack·i·er, tack·i·est.
Origin of tacky
2Related Words for tacky
gaudy, run-down, shabby, vulgar, dingy, faded, messy, seedy, threadbare, sleazy, broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dowdy, frumpy, inelegant, mangy, nasty, out-of-date, outmodedExamples from the Web for tacky
Contemporary Examples of tacky
“All of the ideas were so awful and tacky so I said no,” she says.
Some of the sweaters he thought were true works of art, and some he thought were just tacky or funny.
At the Met, jewels by JAR may be tacky junk, but they tell us about ourselves.
It was timeless, that wacky, tacky character she created; the cigarette holder was genius, paradoxically regal.
Yes, the tabloids can be tacky, sensationalist, intentionally misleading, and ethically suspect.
Historical Examples of tacky
When the glaire has ceased to be “tacky,” the gold is laid on.
Bookbinding, and the Care of BooksDouglas Cockerell
Madison, my first town, showed me that my clothes were homemade and tacky.
This effect is further magnified if the “tacky” piece of rubber is packed in close contact with previously unaffected rubber.
The Preparation of Plantation RubberSidney Morgan
It has been stated that sound rubber left in contact with tacky specimens was found to be unaffected after two years.
The Preparation of Plantation RubberSidney Morgan
There is sufficient evidence to warrant the injunction that tacky rubber should be excluded from contact with sound rubber.
The Preparation of Plantation RubberSidney Morgan