Text: 1 marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste<it was tacky to wear sneakers, but Traceyʼs dress shoes hurt her feet><tacky plastic flowers>Synonymscheesy, dowdy, inelegant, styleless, tasteless, trashy, unfashionable, unstylishRelated Wordsinappropriate, incorrect, unbecoming, unseemly, unsuitable, wrong; outmoded, out-of-date, passé; coarse, crude, unrefined, vulgar; cheap, common, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry; gaudy, loud, ostentatious, overdone, showy, splashyNear Antonymsappropriate, becoming, correct, fitting, proper, right, seemly, suitable; genteel, handsome, neat, quiet, refined, understated; contemporary, modern, up-to-dateAntonymselegant, fashionable, modish, ritzy, smart, stylish, tasteful 2 showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect<a tacky old couch that needed new upholstery>— see shabby 1

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