tawdriness

noun

Definition of tawdrinessnext
as in vulgarity

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  1. vulgarity
  2. opulence
  3. magnificence
  4. extravagance
  5. luxuriance
Noun
  • Policy proposals aside, there's been name-calling, vulgarity, and plain old meanness.
    Jon LaPook, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Musk shared several anti-Harris advertisements, including one funded by Musk’s pro-Trump political action committee that refers to the Vice President using misogynistic vulgarities.
    Kali Hays, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of vulgarity
Noun
  • Completed in the early 1990s but evoking the opulence of the Gilded Age, the red-brick main residence has five en-suite bedrooms and a whopping 11 baths.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Lincoln Nautilus: Lincoln’s five-passenger midsize luxury SUV adds a breathtaking new display to the brand’s usual interior opulence.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 13 Sep. 2024
Definition of opulence
Noun
  • So, there’s a magnificence in that, and there’s a magnificence in the Sistine Chapel.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 22 Oct. 2024
  • Even so, the magnificence of Luther’s voice shines through.
    Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of magnificence
Noun
  • The staging remains perched on the edge of extravagance, only flirting with splendor.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2024
  • In a lawsuit pending in Los Angeles Superior Court, Shangri-La has accused its former CFO, Cody Holmes, of embezzling housing money and spending it on personal extravagances, including tickets to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, jewelry and rent for a Beverly Hills mansion.
    Anna Scott, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2024
Definition of extravagance
Noun
  • But then, what is art if not an attempt to tidy up the real world’s teeming luxuriance?
    Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
  • But the Elysian Bar did them one better, augmenting the oysters’ natural luxuriance with thin slices of kumquat and a measured gush of chile-spiked citrus.
    Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 22 Dec. 2020
Definition of luxuriance
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