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Pronunciation:
[ tˈaki], [ tˈaki], [ t_ˈa_k_i]
"Tacky" is a word that describes something that is cheap or of low quality. It is often used to describe something that is garish, gaudy, or tasteless. However, there are many other words that can be used as synonyms for tacky. For example, "kitschy" is a word that describes something that is excessively ornate or sentimental. "Cheesy" is another word that can be used to describe something that is cliched or lacking in originality. Other synonyms for tacky include "gaudy," "flashy," "cheap," "vulgar," and "tasteless." All of these words share the common theme of describing something that lacks class or elegance.
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Similar words for tacky:
- Mickey Mouse (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- bedraggled (adjective)
- cheap, tasteless (adjective)
- chintzy (adjective)
- coarse (adjective)
- crude (adjective)
- decrepit (adjective)
- dilapidated (adjective)
- dowdy (adjective)
- faded (adjective)
- flashy (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- gooey (adjective)
- ill-mannered (adjective)
- minor (adjective)
- minor-league (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- ragged (adjective)
- run-down (adjective)
- scraggly (adjective)
- scrubby (adjective)
- second-rate/second-class (adjective)
- seedy (adjective)
- semi-liquid (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- shoddy (adjective)
- slipshod (adjective)
- sloppy (adjective)
- slovenly (adjective)
- sticky (adjective)
- tasteless (adjective)
- tawdry (adjective)
- tenacious (adjective)
- unbecoming (adjective)
- uncouth (adjective)
- unfashionable (adjective)
- untidy (adjective)
- brassy (noun)
- cheap (noun)
- flash (noun)
- garish (noun)
- gimcrack (noun)
- loud (noun)
- meretricious (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- campy
- sticky
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Tacky:
adj.
• Mickey Mouse (adjective) • all (adjective) • bedraggled (adjective) • cheap, tasteless (adjective)- out-of-date,
- ratty,
- unkempt,
- poky,
- shoddy,
- slovenly,
- unsuitable,
- messy,
- frumpy,
- nasty,
- stodgy,
- sleazy,
- outmoded,
- gaudy.
- un cultivated,
- in-delicate,
- in culter,
- inculter,
- more foul-mouthed,
- more brutish,
- more lowbred,
- in delicate,
- in elegant,
- more roughneck,
- vulgarian,
- most foul mouthed,
- in-cultest,
- un-cultivated,
- un-refined,
- un cultured,
- most vulgarian,
- un refined,
- foul mouthed,
- un-civil,
- offcolor,
- more vulgarian,
- lowdown dirty,
- gruff,
- philistine,
- in-culter,
- most foul-mouthed,
- more foul mouthed,
- in-elegant,
- impure,
- un civil,
- in-cult,
- most roughneck,
- in cultest,
- lowdown and dirty,
- incultest,
- most brutish,
- off color,
- most lowbred,
- in cult,
- un-cultured.
- most ill-bred,
- un skillful,
- more loud mouthed,
- in-sensible,
- grodier,
- more ill bred,
- more barnyard,
- most illbred,
- loud mouthed,
- most cloddish,
- in-decent,
- un-gainly,
- more ill-bred,
- ill bred,
- un-skillful,
- un enlightened,
- more illbred,
- most ill bred,
- in decent,
- un gainly,
- un-enlightened,
- un gainliest,
- in sensible,
- more loud-mouthed,
- un gainlier.
- most anile,
- in-firmest,
- in firmest,
- more fragile,
- most tumble-down,
- in substantial,
- in-firm,
- un sounder,
- more anile,
- in-firmer,
- in-substantial,
- brokendown,
- creakiest,
- most battered,
- in-capacitated,
- more quavering,
- weather beaten,
- rickety,
- more tumble down,
- more battered,
- most quavering,
- un sound,
- tumble down,
- un soundest,
- more tumble-down,
- superannuated,
- un-sounder,
- in firmer,
- most worn out,
- un-sound,
- most tumble down,
- un-soundest,
- in capacitated,
- fragile,
- tumble-down.
- fallen in,
- more dogeared,
- de relict,
- de-relict,
- un-kempt,
- more fallen in,
- more beatup,
- un kempter,
- beatup,
- dog eared,
- more used up,
- most dogeared,
- most used up,
- neglected,
- more rinky-dink,
- most rinky-dink,
- most used-up,
- more fallenin,
- fallenin,
- shaky,
- most beat-up,
- un improved,
- most dog eared,
- slummiest,
- dogeared,
- most beatup,
- usedup,
- more dog eared,
- most rinky dink,
- most fallenin,
- un kemptest,
- un-kempter,
- un-kemptest,
- most dog-eared,
- most marred,
- most beat up,
- more beat up,
- most fallen in,
- un-improved,
- in bad way,
- most usedup,
- more marred,
- more rinkydink,
- rinky-dink,
- more fallen-in,
- most fallen-in,
- more dog-eared,
- more used-up,
- un kempt,
- more rinky dink,
- more usedup,
- more beat-up,
- rinky dink,
- most rinkydink.
- un seemlier,
- by-gone,
- un-seemlier,
- un seemly,
- un-seemliest,
- un seemliest,
- blowsiest,
- more unstylish,
- more slatternly,
- un-seemly,
- blowsier,
- vintage,
- un stylish,
- more out of date,
- drab,
- by gone,
- most slatternly,
- out dated,
- most unstylish,
- un-stylish.
- in-distinct,
- dis colored,
- most lusterless,
- not shiny,
- in distinct,
- more lusterless,
- most etiolated,
- more etiolated,
- most discolored,
- more discolored,
- dis-colored.
- most chiffon,
- most papery,
- more papery,
- meager,
- in-adequate,
- more chiffon,
- gossamer,
- more cut rate,
- house cards,
- shallower,
- most cut rate,
- most cut-rate,
- shallow,
- most cutrate,
- un substantial,
- trans parent,
- more cut-rate,
- un-substantial,
- trans-parent,
- in adequate,
- more cutrate,
- cutrate.
- more ill-behaved,
- most ill-behaved,
- dis respectful,
- most ill behaved,
- illbehaved,
- more badmannered,
- in solent,
- illmannered,
- un-gracious,
- most illbehaved,
- dis-respectful,
- more ill behaved,
- most bad-mannered,
- un gracious,
- bad mannered,
- badmannered,
- un mannerly,
- un-mannerly,
- dis courteous,
- ill behaved,
- ill mannered,
- dis-courteous,
- more bad mannered,
- in-solent,
- most bad mannered,
- most badmannered.
- most second string,
- most small fry,
- most junior,
- more younger,
- in considerable,
- de-pendent,
- sub-ordinate,
- most accessory,
- more accessory,
- sub ordinate,
- twobit,
- more small-fry,
- more smallfry,
- secondstring,
- in consequential,
- most small-fry,
- below mark,
- most secondstring,
- bushleague,
- more second string,
- smallfry,
- more second-string,
- piddling,
- more secondstring,
- in-considerable,
- most smallfry,
- junior,
- most younger,
- un-important,
- in-consequential,
- more small fry,
- two bit,
- de pendent,
- most second-string.
- slummier,
- lowbred,
- worse for wear,
- chiffon,
- creaky,
- scrubby,
- badly groomed,
- messed-up,
- papery,
- dilapidated,
- unfashionable,
- in disorder,
- in a bad way,
- flashy,
- badly worn,
- dowdy,
- out of date,
- glitzy,
- slummy,
- small-fry,
- cut rate,
- loud-mouthed,
- in rags,
- ragged,
- faded,
- uncouth,
- unneat,
- untidy,
- seedy,
- gluey,
- unbecoming,
- sticky,
- Unhandsome,
- untended,
- disarrayed,
- washed out,
- unmeticulous,
- scraggy,
- unrespectable,
- scraggiest,
- small fry,
- fallen-in,
- beat-up,
- unpressed,
- schlocky,
- clownish,
- tatty,
- low quality,
- blowsy,
- creakier,
- down-at-the-heel,
- brummagem,
- tasteless,
- ill-behaved,
- down at heel,
- uncared for,
- below the mark,
- sloppy,
- decrepit,
- glittery,
- second class,
- cut-rate,
- tinsel,
- rinkydink,
- ill-mannered,
- unstylish,
- scruffy,
- used up,
- out-dated,
- crude,
- smalltime,
- wornout,
- slipshod,
- slatternly,
- agglutinative,
- poorly made,
- used-up,
- in tatters,
- tenacious,
- foul-mouthed,
- flimsy,
- fouled-up,
- scraggly,
- bedraggled,
- ropy,
- gooey,
- lusterless,
- chintzy,
- shabby,
- down at the heel,
- second-string,
- grody,
- run-down,
- not clean,
- minor,
- brutish,
- coarse,
- bad-mannered,
- Disgracious,
- ill-bred,
- Ungenteel,
- out of condition,
- syrupy,
- weatherbeaten,
- illbred,
- up set,
- dog-eared,
- Incult,
- in firm,
- anile,
- ropier,
- broken down,
- small time,
- house of cards,
- unthorough,
- cloddish,
- threadbare,
- badly dressed,
- catchpenny,
- unfitting.
- most frazzled,
- dis organized,
- down heel,
- most rent,
- more frazzled,
- most unpressed,
- most shredded,
- un-pressed,
- down the heel,
- more rent,
- most frayed,
- most fragmented,
- more patched,
- un even,
- dis-organized,
- more shredded,
- un finished,
- motheaten,
- full holes,
- un-even,
- un-finished,
- scraggier,
- more fragmented.
- out condition,
- un-healthy,
- most uncared for,
- more uncared for,
- uncared-for,
- more untended,
- more uncaredfor,
- un healthier,
- more uncared-for,
- most uncaredfor,
- more down-at-the-heel,
- uncaredfor,
- most down at the heel,
- de solate,
- under weather,
- un healthiest,
- most down-at-the-heel,
- most untended,
- de-solate,
- un-healthiest,
- un-tended,
- un tended,
- more down at the heel,
- most uncared-for,
- un healthy.
- un combed,
- more uncombed,
- more ungroomed,
- un cleaner,
- ungroomed,
- un clean,
- un-groomed,
- un-cleanest,
- un-cleaner,
- uncombed,
- un cleanest,
- un groomed,
- un-combed.
- lowquality,
- hackest,
- sub standard,
- low grade,
- sub-standard,
- cheap and dirty,
- cheap dirty,
- secondclass,
- lowgrade.
- most wilted,
- more wilted,
- over grown,
- more wilting,
- over-grown,
- gone seed,
- more sagging,
- most wilting,
- most sagging.
- soupy,
- semi-liquid,
- clammy,
- clotted,
- glutinous,
- pulpy,
- viscid,
- buttery,
- gummy,
- viscous,
- gelatinous,
- creamy.
- more frayed,
- dis reputable,
- more deteriorating,
- dis-reputable,
- de-generated,
- dis figured,
- most deteriorating,
- dis-figured,
- povertystricken,
- most disfigured,
- poverty stricken,
- more disfigured,
- more degenerated,
- de generated,
- most degenerated.
- un respectable,
- more unrespectable,
- dis honorable,
- dis-honorable,
- junkier,
- not snuff,
- un-respectable,
- in-glorious,
- dis-graceful,
- dis graceful,
- not to snuff,
- in glorious,
- most unrespectable,
- dis-creditable,
- junkiest,
- dis creditable.
- most fouled-up,
- most messed up,
- in accurate,
- most screwed-up,
- screwedup,
- more messed up,
- most messedup,
- most fouled up,
- more fouled-up,
- more unmeticulous,
- most fouledup,
- more screwed-up,
- most screwedup,
- more unthorough,
- most unthorough,
- more fouledup,
- fouledup,
- messedup,
- fly by night,
- most botched,
- more messed-up,
- more messedup,
- more fouled up,
- un-systematic,
- un systematic,
- more screwed up,
- most screwed up,
- most unmeticulous,
- more screwedup.
- un seasonable,
- un worthy,
- un-timelier,
- un fair,
- un-seasonable,
- un suited,
- un duest,
- in-congruous,
- un worthiest,
- un timely,
- un-duest,
- un fairest,
- illsuited,
- un-fair,
- un timeliest,
- in appropriate,
- un-fairer,
- un-worthier,
- un-timely,
- un-fitting,
- un handsome,
- un-becoming,
- more unfitting,
- un-suited,
- in-appropriate,
- un handsomer,
- ill suited,
- in congruous,
- un becoming,
- un-attractive,
- un-worthiest,
- un befitting,
- un fairer,
- un-fit,
- un-handsomest,
- un-duer,
- un godliest,
- un-godliest,
- un-due,
- un godlier,
- un fitting,
- most unfitting,
- un-comely,
- un timelier,
- un flattering,
- un-godlier,
- un godly,
- un-timeliest,
- unhandsomer,
- un-godly,
- in apter,
- un worthier,
- in-apter,
- un attractive,
- un-flattering,
- un due,
- unhandsomest,
- un-fairest,
- un-befitting.
- most ungenteel,
- heavyhanded,
- uncalledfor,
- more ungenteel,
- heavy handed,
- un gentlemanly,
- un-civilized,
- most clownish,
- un-gentlemanly,
- un-couth,
- un civilized,
- un-genteel,
- un couth,
- more disgracious,
- more clownish,
- dis-gracious,
- most disgracious,
- dis gracious.
- un tidier,
- dis-arranged,
- un-settled,
- up-set,
- unneatest,
- un tidiest,
- dis arranged,
- dis-arrayed,
- more unorderly,
- un settled,
- more disarranged,
- un-neater,
- more littered,
- most disarrayed,
- un-tidier,
- un orderly,
- most disarranged,
- messest,
- un neater,
- un neatest,
- most littered,
- un-tidy,
- un-tidiest,
- un-neatest,
- un neat,
- dis arrayed,
- un tidy,
- un-neat,
- unneater,
- most snarled,
- most rumpled,
- more rumpled,
- most unorderly.
n.
• brassy (noun) • cheap (noun) • flash (noun) • garish (noun) • gimcrack (noun) • loud (noun)- loud.
Other synonyms:
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•
- jerry-built,
- down-at-heel,
- downscale,
- cheapo,
- frumpish,
- vulgar.
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- broken-down.
- camp.
- spoiling,
- despised,
- holey,
- chinchy,
- slithery,
- punk,
- sluttish,
- Shattery,
- tawdry,
- Roric,
- clabbered,
- schlock,
- damp,
- curdled,
- Frazzled,
- breakable,
- obstinate,
- insignificant,
- unimproved,
- crappy,
- cheesy,
- obscure,
- worthless,
- tough,
- low-grade,
- careless,
- disliked,
- frowsy,
- informal,
- withering,
- unknown,
- junky,
- forte,
- disheveled,
- barefaced,
- artificial,
- crumbly,
- weathered,
- undried,
- full of holes,
- flamboyant,
- unpopular,
- mediocre,
- Sprung,
- worn,
- dampish,
- paltry,
- injured,
- grungy,
- draggled,
- sissified,
- worn to rags,
- tinselly,
- degenerate,
- loose,
- heavy,
- cheap-jack,
- slack,
- bullheaded,
- outgoing,
- dull,
- gelatin,
- Glairy,
- down-at-the-heels,
- tinpot,
- imperfect,
- inexpensive,
- tumbledown,
- Rackabones,
- lumpen,
- audacious,
- rumpled,
- frangible,
- timeworn,
- Glutinose,
- detested,
- mean,
- Muculent,
- starchy,
- slimy,
- marshy,
- boggy,
- second-class,
- brazen,
- two-bit,
- unsightly,
- sporty,
- crummy,
- insolent,
- showy,
- twopenny,
- tremelloid,
- Roriferous,
- second-best,
- jazzy,
- dreck,
- dirty,
- womanish,
- battered,
- light,
- viscose,
- adherent,
- hated,
- negligent,
- pinchbeck,
- poor,
- in shreds,
- bombed-out,
- sordid,
- pasty,
- slouchy,
- unsubstantial,
- plug,
- all the worse for wear,
- Inspissated,
- plastic,
- Fenny,
- gone to seed,
- sentimental,
- slight,
- mussy,
- rejected,
- cheapjack,
- mucous,
- stubborn,
- mickey mouse,
- Gummous,
- viscosity,
- third class,
- minor league,
- grubby,
- inconspicuous,
- dewy,
- delicate,
- specious,
- rubbishy,
- coagulated,
- vanished,
- bodacious,
- blowzy,
- bulldoggy,
- Clingy,
- common,
- Lentous,
- Gossamery,
- altered,
- self-adhesive,
- washed-up,
- graceless,
- jelled,
- wrinkled,
- stringy,
- frail,
- unseemly,
- Tabid,
- unattractive,
- grumous,
- lousy,
- unexceptional,
- dank,
- wilted,
- jerry,
- wispy,
- trashy,
- base,
- Unmodish,
- honeycomb,
- obsolete,
- swampy,
- irregular,
- jellylike,
- unchic,
- muggy,
- bulldogged,
- tinny,
- high,
- Slabby,
- slab,
- brittle,
- out,
- nameless,
- thick,
- amylaceous,
- third-rate,
- cobwebby,
- doughy,
- worse,
- stale,
- styleless,
- ostentatious,
- pretentious,
- dead,
- rainy,
- incorrect,
- Wettish,
- Tackey,
- mucilaginous,
- secondhand,
- bum,
- ruinous,
- lightweight,
- jellied,
- old fashioned,
- second-rate,
- squalid,
- skate,
- unimportant,
- florid,
- patchy,
- frayed,
- gone to pot,
- Pituitous,
- fourth-class,
- limy,
- passe,
- reduced,
- anonymous,
- torn,
- gumbo,
- humid,
- albuminous,
- honky-tonk,
- thickened,
- persistent,
- weather-beaten,
- Indistinguished,
- uncool,
- ordinary,
- brasslike,
- shaken,
- raggedy,
- Mucid,
- mastic,
- effeminate,
- moist,
- wreck,
- raffish,
- gluelike,
- puny,
- jade,
- dainty,
- tuppenny,
- low-class,
- gilded,
- improve,
- Deteriorated,
- namby-pamby,
- fulgurous.
How to use "Tacky" in context?
When it comes to fashion, not all choices are sky-high style points. And in some cases, it can be fun to buck trends and step out with something a little more off-the-wall - aka, "tacky." Whether you're into quirky clothes or accessories, there's no harm in incorporating a little tackiness into your style. Here are some tips for embracing your tacky side.
Think outside the box. Tacky trends can be found all around us, no matter where we look. From holiday season garb to summer ensembles, there's always something new to explore.
Paraphrases for Tacky:
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Adjective
cheesy, distasteful, glorified, mundane, repulsive, sticky, tasteless, trashy, trite, trivial, uncivilised, vulgar, Clingy, dorky.
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Noun, singular or mass
vulgar.
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Adjective
Homophones for Tacky:
- taki.
Word of the Day
sticker shock
- Synonyms:
- appraise, bargain, beat down, bottom out, bounce back, cap, cheapen, Capping.
