TICKY-TACKY Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

ticky-tacky

adjective

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Definition of ticky-tacky

as in inappropriate

marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste her house is full of ticky-tacky figurines

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Adjective

There has been some opposition, including from the Mauthausen Committee, Austria’s main Holocaust survivors’ group, which has argued both that a police station is inappropriate and that more should be done to draw attention to Hitler’s crimes.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
State auditors found in 2018 that $700K in voucher money being spent on cosmetics, clothing, and other inappropriate items.

— Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of inappropriate

Adjective

Haaland, who has already caught the world’s attention with his sprawling collection of Hermès bags and relatable love for a tacky trinket, was dressed to the nines.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
From word-art walls to flashy lighting, these details can make an otherwise lovely space feel tacky, say experts.

— Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026

Definition of tacky

Adjective

At the World Cup, there were at least six examples of incorrect or — to be generous — highly dubious interventions that made reasonable on-field decisions worse across the 104 matches.

— Graham Scott, New York Times, 22 July 2026
In September, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services sent a notice denying her coverage, citing incorrect income information and stating she wasn't disabled, according to Kolosova and state documents reviewed by KFF Health News.

— Rachana Pradhan, NPR, 20 July 2026

Definition of incorrect

Adjective

Contrary to their label, these cocktails are more than a trashy afterthought; their flavor pairings are as well considered as any other on the menu.

— Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
Supergirl often plays like a poor James Gunn impression, full of trashy space bars, needle drops and slow-motion fight scenes spinning around in a circle.

— Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Definition of trashy

Adjective

Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, whom Hegseth installed after firing Cao’s predecessor, then weighed in with a Hollywood scriptwriter’s cheesy panache to say the incident debrief was complete.

— Missy Ryan, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
This slab pie is your summer showstopper, with cheesy pastry, a generous slick of Dijon mayonnaise, and fat slices of heirloom tomatoes peeking out of a lattice top.

— Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 18 July 2026

Definition of cheesy

Adjective

There is a difference, however, between the default belief that certain predictions are wrong and the default belief that certain predictions are embarrassing.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
There’s a right way and a wrong way to use digital assets such as bitcoin for diversification, financial advisors and market analysts said.

— Greg Iacurci,Annie Nova, CNBC, 25 July 2026

Definition of wrong

Adjective

As one Ithacan subject fondly recalls, Odysseus always had an unfashionable belief in playing fair.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
In a country where air conditioning is both uncommon and unfashionable, many have sought relief by swimming, despite the danger involved.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 June 2026

Definition of unfashionable

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