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   tawdry

   /ˈtɔːdri/

   adjective

   • 1. showy but cheap and of poor quality: "tawdry jewellery"
   • ▪ sordid or unpleasant: "the tawdry business of politics"

   noun

   • 1. cheap and gaudy finery. archaic

   Word Origin early 17th century: short for tawdry lace, a fine silk lace or ribbon worn as a necklace in the 16th–17th centuries, contraction of St Audrey's lace: Audrey was a later form of Etheldrida (died 679), patron saint of Ely where tawdry laces, along with cheap imitations and other cheap finery, were traditionally sold at a fair.

   Derivatives

   • 1. tawdrily adverb
   • 2. tawdriness noun

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   What does tawdry mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! TAWDRY definition: 1. looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality: 2. showing or having low…. Learn more.

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   What is the difference between gaudy and tawdry?

   • gaudy implies a tasteless use of overly bright, often clashing colors or excessive ornamentation. tawdry applies to what is at once gaudy and cheap and sleazy. garish describes what is distressingly or offensively bright. flashy implies an effect of brilliance quickly and easily seen to be shallow or vulgar.

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   Why is it called a tawdry woman?

   • Even the children were not whimpering, the tawdry women were not hysterical, not a parrot raised his voice nor a dog whined. The fire was the really great adornment; all else was cheap, and some of it was tawdry. Singularly enough, this modest lady gave the origin to the word “tawdry,” so Thornbury declares.

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   Where did the word tawdry come from?

   • For the explanation of the word tawdry we have to go back to 7th century England and the story of Etheldrida, the daughter of the king of East Anglia, who was otherwise known as Saint Audrey. Audrey died in 679 AD of a tumour of the throat.

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   Tawdry means looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality, or showing or having low moral standards. Learn more about this adjective, its usage and related words from Cambridge Dictionary.

   • English (US)

     adjective. us / ˈtɑː.dri / uk / ˈtɔː.dri / tawdry adjective...

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     TAWDRY translate: 俗艳而不值钱的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     TAWDRY translate: 俗艷而不值錢的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Tawdry means cheap, shoddy, or tasteless. It can be used to describe almost anything from clothes to people to even events or affairs.

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   Tawdry means looking bright and attractive but in fact cheap and of low quality, or showing or having low moral standards. Learn more about this adjective, its usage and related words from Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Tawdry definition: (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.. See examples of TAWDRY used in a sentence.

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    Tawdry means cheap, showy, and of poor quality, or shameful and indecent. It comes from tawdry lace, a type of finery sold at a fair in Ely, England. See examples, translations, and related words.