Tacky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
  • adj. Informal Neglected and in a state of disrepair: a tacky old cabin in the woods.
  • adj. Lacking style or good taste; tawdry: tacky clothes.
  • adj. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless: a tacky remark.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Of a substance, slightly sticky.
  • adj. Of low quality.
  • adj. In poor taste.
  • adj. gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
  • adj. dowdy, shabbily dressed
  • adj. shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance)
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
  • adj. Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.
  • adj. In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.
  • adj. Tactless; in poor taste; -- used to describe behavior.
  • n. An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Unkempt; rough; shabby; ill-fed: said of persons or animals.
  • Bad; poor; miserable.
  • Adhesive; sticky; tenacious: noting viscous substances or surfaces. Also tackey.
  • n. An ill-fed or neglected horse; a rough, bony nag: sometimes used also of persons in the like condition. Also tackey and ticky.
  • n. A long and stout branch of mimosa with the thorns left on at the end.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. tastelessly showy
  • adj. (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
  • Equivalent
    tasteless    wet   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    tackiest    tackier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sticky    adhesive    raw    unkempt    gaudy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Iraqi    Jackie    Jacky    blackie    jacky   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sleazy    ill-fitting    threadbare    creepy    viscous