trashy

[ trash-ee ]

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adjective,trash·i·er, trash·i·est.

of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
(of a field) strewn with trash, especially the withered vegetation from an earlier crop.

Origin of trashy

First recorded in 1610–20; trash + -y¹

Other words from trashy

trash·i·ly, adverb
trash·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby trashy

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How to use trashy in a sentence

They can often end up being called a “poor life choice” or “trashy.”
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A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought.
The case against caring about the Golden Globes | Alissa Wilkinson | February 26, 2021 | Vox
They want Marvin to be as mean and as lonely and as trashy as the characters he portrays.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile | Robert Ward | January 3, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
The four or five thrillers a year that de Villiers churned out from 1966 until his death in 2013 were amazingly trashy.
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Consider the trashy, silky sweatpants sent down the runway by Jarrar, complete with thick stripes running down the legs.
What’s Haute, What’s Not: The Meaning of Modern Couture | Liza Foreman | July 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

Couture Week in Paris is a blur of highly-priced luxury, some of it luxe, some of it trashy-looking.
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Sure, her looks may be designer, but, as she has been described countless times, here style is still trashy.
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They talk and think about it enough in a certain way, and with such poor aids as trashy novels and paltry gossip.
The Hearth-Stone | Samuel Osgood
Dr. Farrar made thousands out of his trashy volumes, and his publishers netted a fortune.
Flowers of Freethought | George W. Foote
trashy thought and base utterance could not cheat his soul of her integrity; the vileness of Salt Lane had nothing to do with him.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 | Various
When a steamer is about to start, book-pedlers crowd on board with baskets full of their—generally speaking—trashy ware.
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They have no taste for history or biography, or anything but cheap, trashy, sensational novels.
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British Dictionary definitions for trashy

trashy

/ (ˈtræʃɪ) /

adjectivetrashier or trashiest

cheap, worthless, or badly made

Derived forms of trashy

trashily, adverb
trashiness, noun

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