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tawdry

[ taw-dree ]

adjective

tawdrier, tawdriest.
  1. (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:

  2. low or mean; base:

    tawdry motives.



noun

  1. cheap, gaudy apparel.

tawdry

/ ˈ³Ùɔ˻å°ùɪ /

adjective

  1. cheap, showy, and of poor quality

    tawdry jewellery

“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈ³Ù²¹·É»å°ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³Ù²¹·É»å°ù¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ù²¹·Éd°ù¾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ù²¹·Éd°ù¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ³Ü²Ô·³Ù²¹·Éd°ù²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tawdry1

1605–15; 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 ´¡±ð³Ù³ó±ð±ô³Ù³ó°ù²âÌ„³Ù³ó, 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of tawdry1

C16 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
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“She hasn’t turned sleazy, hasn’t become part of a ‘12-fanged monster’ determined to do nothing but titillate and trash up the airwaves with its tawdry yarns,†staff writer Steve Weinstein wrote.

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Her last two years were obviously very difficult, what with drugs, depression and dermatomyositis, all of which come across as tawdry in “Maria.â€

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Instead of a fixation on the tawdry side of life, you see works that explore the things that bind all people together: family, love, politics, complex emotions and sensual memories.

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He was required to listen to weeks of unflattering testimony, including, several times, to his own voice on that tape Cohen made of him, utterly cognizant of the tawdry deal he was striking.

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Now, the more tawdry aspects of the Biden family story will be on public display, such as text messages between Hunter Biden and his family - including intimate communication with Beau’s widow.

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