tawdry

adj 1: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish

colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a

meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"

[syn: {brassy}, {cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish},

{gaudy}, {gimcrack}, {loud}, {meretricious}, {tacky},

{tatty}, {trashy}]

2: cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the

low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist [syn: {cheapjack}, {shoddy}]