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tacky
adjective (1)Synonyms & Antonyms of tacky
(Entry 1 of 2)
- it was tacky to wear sneakers to the wedding
- tacky plastic flowers
Synonyms for tacky
- cheesy,
- dowdy,
- inelegant,
- styleless,
- tasteless,
- ticky-tacky
- (also ticky-tack),
- trashy,
- unfashionable,
- unstylish
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- a tacky old couch that needed new upholstery
Synonyms for tacky
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
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adjective (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of tacky (Entry 2 of 2)
- don't touch the walls while the fresh paint is still tacky
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“Tacky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tacky. Accessed 24 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of tacky was in 1788
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