trashier; trashiest
trashiness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of trashy in a Sentence
Her outfit was a bit trashy.
I know that sequined shirt cost a lot of money, but I still think it looks kind of trashy.
Recent Examples on the Web
The plot follows a trashy paranormal docu-series host who’s intent on proving herself as a legitimate investigative journalist, and her discovery that Godzilla is actually a malevolent supernatural force possessed by the souls of everyone killed in the Pacific theater during the war.
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Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Carmel teacher's family road trip across the U.S. takes a 'trashy' turn
Recycling topics are, indeed, one of the most popular questions Hoosiers submit on our Scrub Hub form.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2024
The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023
But Statham is one of the few above-the-title names that’s instantly synonymous with a kind of pulpy, trashy, cinema du bloody knuckles.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
Step back, though, and the recent stock upswing needn't look so trashy, argues Jon Sindreu for Heard on the Street.
—Wsj Staff, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
This is the trashy side of the news, against which respectable journalism defines itself.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
And maybe part of the anger is that this was a (trashy) grand illusion that in certain ways implicated us all.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2023
There’s the show that Gosselaar is in, which might be trashy fun but is too similar to too many recent shows about charismatic serial offenders to count.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
Katie Rife, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2024
Carmel teacher's family road trip across the U.S. takes a 'trashy' turn
Recycling topics are, indeed, one of the most popular questions Hoosiers submit on our Scrub Hub form.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Feb. 2024
The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie.
—Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023
But Statham is one of the few above-the-title names that’s instantly synonymous with a kind of pulpy, trashy, cinema du bloody knuckles.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Jan. 2024
Step back, though, and the recent stock upswing needn't look so trashy, argues Jon Sindreu for Heard on the Street.
—Wsj Staff, WSJ, 21 Dec. 2023
This is the trashy side of the news, against which respectable journalism defines itself.
—Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
And maybe part of the anger is that this was a (trashy) grand illusion that in certain ways implicated us all.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 June 2023
There’s the show that Gosselaar is in, which might be trashy fun but is too similar to too many recent shows about charismatic serial offenders to count.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Oct. 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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