ticky-tacky

adjective

variants also ticky-tack
Definition of ticky-tackynext
as in tacky
marked by an obvious lack of style or good taste her house is full of ticky-tacky figurines

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ticky-tacky
  1. tacky
  2. trashy
  3. cheesy
  4. grotesque
  5. unfashionable
  6. tasteless
  7. inelegant
  8. dowdy
Adjective
  • Giving cash doesn’t have to be awkward Despite popular convention that cash presents are gauche, tacky, or uninspired, Post says the annals of etiquette wisdom permit monetary gifts.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 19 Nov. 2024
  • For a presidential candidate, this is unprecedented, tacky, and yet very American.
    Richard Behar, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of tacky
Adjective
  • Workers across the globe are in constant pursuit of work-life balance, looking to grab some me time to maintain a social life or simply watch the latest trashy reality-TV show.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2024
  • 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
Definition of trashy
Adjective
  • With dense macaroni noodles covered in a rich, flavorful cheese blend, this new Way is pure, cheesy goodness that can delight even the most skeptical customers.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The right greens: Covered in the cheesy mixture, the broccoli florets perfectly soften without becoming mushy as the dish bakes.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of cheesy
Adjective
  • That all changed when Rubiales did that grotesque thing by kissing Jennifer after the final.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Cannibals take over a Mexican restaurant on Halloween night, forcing the staff to create a grotesque feast.
    Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of grotesque
Adjective
  • By Stephanie Zacharek November 1, 2024 10:39 AM EDT Robert Zemeckis’ Here is the most unfashionable movie of 2024—which is exactly what’s beautiful about it.
    Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Betty Ford’s brand of bipartisan feminism was already becoming increasingly unfashionable.
    Elizabeth Rees / Made by History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfashionable
Adjective
  • Setting aside the general question of how necessary this show is to begin with, nothing here comes across as particularly tasteless.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Who is Tony Hinchcliffe? Hinchcliffe, raised in Youngstown, Ohio, is a stand-up comedian who specializes in the roast style, in which comedians take the podium to needle a celebrity victim with personal and often tasteless jokes.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of tasteless
Adjective
  • The arms are still the most inelegant part of the Focals, but that’s where most of the magic happens.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 23 Oct. 2018
  • Jerry’s shock-and-awe ground invasion is positively inelegant compared to Cannon’s method of subjugating populations.
    Katie Rife, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of inelegant
Adjective
  • In contrast to the depictions of suffragists as dowdy old maids, the woman portrayed in this postcard is conventionally attractive and fashionably dressed.
    Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
  • At 570 Fifth, on the corner of West 46th Street, a new tower will soon rise to replace an array of dowdy prewar holdouts.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 2 July 2024
Definition of dowdy
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