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Meretricious quality
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tawdriness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tawdriness \Taw"dri*ness\, n. Quality or state of being tawdry. A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. --Richardson.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. tasteless showiness [syn: flashiness , garishness , gaudiness , loudness , brashness , meretriciousness , glitz ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being tawdry.
Usage examples of tawdriness.
However, low candlelight hid the tawdriness of the room as well as taking years off the ages of the women.
His television stands on the mirrorless dressing table, its newness in stark contrast to the tawdriness of everything else.
Besides the tawdriness of the place, the cold spots were one of the first things Sten noticed.