tawdrier

Even more tasteless

Tawdrier is the comparative form of tawdry, meaning more cheap and gaudy, more tastelessly showy: Each casino we passed seemed tawdrier than the last.

The word suggests flashiness that fails to impress—glitter without substance.

gaudy

flashy

Showy, often tastelessly so

loud · ostentatious · flamboyant · kitschy · tacky · vulgar · brassy · tasteless · meretricious · blingy

shabby

threadbare

Worn until transparent

tatty · dingy · ragged · seedy · shoddy · run-down · scruffy · dowdy · bedraggled · shopworn

Opposites
aesthetic quality and taste

tawdrierclassier

More elegant, sophisticated

finer

moral/behavioral character

tawdriernobler

More morally elevated

purer

Family

tawdriness, tawdriest, tawdrily

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G