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tawdry
/ˈtɔːdɹi/
noun
Tawdry lace.
Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
adjective
(of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
(of character, behavior, situations, etc.) Unseemly, base, shameful.
Synonymssordid
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