trashier; trashiest
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: being, resembling, or containing trash : of inferior quality
trashily adverb
trashiness noun

Examples of trashy in a Sentence

Her outfit was a bit trashy. I know that sequined shirt cost a lot of money, but I still think it looks kind of trashy.
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Yet he’s always had an audaciously irreverent flair for mixing up the experimental and the trashy, the futuristic and the old school. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024 Later, Alba’s character tosses some of her trashy pills back with wine and winds up assaulting Gaylord in his family home. Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024 Nobody can see the mixed metals and trashy key charms. Marni Jameson, arkansasonline.com, 19 Oct. 2024 The book is happily sordid, with the soul of a trashy nighttime soap, and it has been adapted for TV with that same frothy spirit for Hulu starring David Tennant as the wealthy, cigar-chomping media executive whose TV empire ties it all together. Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for trashy 

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1620, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Time Traveler
The first known use of trashy was circa 1620

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“Trashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trashy. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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