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
  • While most glosses eventually dry down to become sticky or tacky, that doesn’t happen with this formula.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 26 Dec. 2024
  • This squishy, reusable, doughnut-sized ring made of silicone has a super tacky surface that grabs fur while tumbling around with clothes and pet bedding in your washer and dryer, then releases it into drains and vents.
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 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
  • This year’s round-up has something for every home cook and every occasion, from easy weeknight dinners to cheesy holiday casseroles to seasonal cocktails with a twist.
    Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Unlike most cheesy romances, this film finds the teenage Grace (Desiree Ross) entering Parton's singing competition with the hopes of being a country performer.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of cheesy
Adjective
  • Lily-Rose Depp and Bill Skarsgård star as the gorgeous Ellen Hutter and grotesque vampire Count Orlok, respectively, alongside Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin and Eggers regulars Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson.
    William Earl, Variety, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Users reported grotesque necrotic wounds that eat away at their skin and even the underlying flesh – a side effect of the veterinary drug.
    Maurice Tamman, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of grotesque
Adjective
  • Marino is an eclectic collector, often choosing unfashionable objects like cookie jars, or Renaissance and Baroque bronzes.
    Miles Socha, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
  • In a squad enriched with European pedigree, Cash is one of the more unfashionable players, less flashy, more functional.
    Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfashionable
Adjective
  • The singer-songwriter, and daughter of actor-comedian Rob Schneider, was caught on video from multiple angles performing what fans thought was a tasteless cover.
    Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 22 Jan. 2024
  • 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
Definition of tasteless
Adjective
  • For such an inelegant behavior to be in chatbots as widespread and popular as GPT is a blunt reminder of two larger, seemingly contrary phenomena.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The result has been a competition that has felt, at times, unwieldy and inelegant and exhausting.
    Sam Lee, The Athletic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of inelegant
Adjective
  • She’s come a long way from Marianne’s dowdy school uniform.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
  • World-renowned for its cashmere, buttery leather, and tailored wool, Italian winter fashion leaves no room for dowdy sweatpants and sweatshirts.
    Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of dowdy
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