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Meaning of TAWDRINESS

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  tasteless showiness
 

TAWDRINESS is a 10 letter word that starts with T.

 

 Synonyms: brashness, flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, glitz, loudness, meretriciousness
 
 See Also: tastelessness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Taw"dri*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being tawdry.

      A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more
      ungraceful by tawdriness of dress.       --Richardson.

 

 

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