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tawdriness

/taw-dree/US // ˈtɔ dri //UK // (ˈtɔːdrɪ) //

颟顸无能,颟顸,颟顸无知,颟顸不堪

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est.

    • : gaudy; showy and cheap.
    • : low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : cheap, gaudy apparel.

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Examples

  • Each day, I looked forward to watching the poor acting, the outlandish plot twists, the tawdry behavior.

  • Many of them, no doubt, were far from edifying, but none could be found guilty of the threadbare tawdriness of pose.

  • The first impression which one receives upon entering the inner precincts of the kraton is of tawdriness and dilapidation.

  • Hygiene has not passed within the Mellah's walls, but a certain amount of Western tawdriness has.

  • Modest black dresses, pale faces, mournful smiles, and darkness would be far more effective than this clumsy tawdriness.

  • Good taste reigning over lavish expenditure has prevented chromatic richness from seeming to approach tawdriness.