tacky

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æki

Adjective

tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)

1. Of a substance, slightly sticky.

   This paint isn't dry yet - it's still a bit tacky.

2. (colloquial) Of low quality.

   That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.

3. (colloquial) In poor taste.

   That was a tacky thing to say.

4. gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
5. dowdy, shabbily dressed
6. shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance)

Translations

slightly sticky

Finnish: tahmea (fi), tarttuva (fi) German: klebrig (de)

Portuguese: pegajoso, grudento Spanish: pegajoso (es) m.

colloquial: of low quality

Dutch: slecht (nl), goedkoop (nl) Finnish: halpa, rihkama- (prefix in a compound), tökerö German: billig (de)

Portuguese: fajuto, esnobe e barato Spanish: naco (Mexico), de mal gusto

colloquial: in bad taste

Dutch: smakeloos (nl) Finnish: mauton (fi), tyylitön (fi) German: geschmacklos (de)

Italian: di cattivo gusto Portuguese: de mau gosto (pt) Russian: безвкусный (ru) Spanish: naco (Mexico)

gaudy, flashy, showy, garish

Italian: pacchiano (it) Portuguese: espalhafatoso (pt), mirabolante (pt)

Spanish: de mal gusto

dowdy, shabbily dressed

Portuguese: cafona (pt)

dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)

Portuguese: desleixado (pt)