TACKY Synonyms

• tastelessly showy

• marked by ostentation but often tasteless

• displaying brilliance and virtuosity

• (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

• superficially attractive and stylish; suggesting wealth or expense

• relatively low in price or charging low prices

• tastelessly showy

• of very poor quality; flimsy

• embarrassingly stingy

• (Britain) a celebratory reunion feast or entertainment held at a college

• tastelessly showy

• (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

• characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity

• (used chiefly as a direction or description in music) indicating that said piece or segment should be played loudly

• with relatively high volume

• tastelessly showy

• offensively bold

• showy tropical tree or shrub native to Madagascar; widely planted in tropical regions for its immense racemes of scarlet and orange flowers; sometimes placed in genus Poinciana

• marked by ostentation but often tasteless

• elaborately or excessively ornamented

• effusively or insincerely emotional

• causing disapproval or protest

• intended to attract notice and impress others

• (of a display) tawdry or vulgar

• lacking flavor

• lacking aesthetic or social taste

• deep-dish apple dessert covered with a rich crust

• British marshal of the RAF who commanded the British air defense forces that defeated the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain (1882-1970)

• lacking in smartness or taste

• primly out of date

• resembling the sound of a brass instrument

• tastelessly showy

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

• a momentary brightness

• a short vivid experience

• a sudden brilliant understanding

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• a gaudy outward display

• a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

• a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

• a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

• a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

• tastelessly showy

• gleam or glow intermittently

• appear briefly

• display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

• make known or cause to appear with great speed

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• expose or show briefly

• protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

• emit a brief burst of light

• ornamental objects of no great value

• tastelessly showy

• like or relating to a prostitute

• tastelessly showy

• based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

• showing signs of wear and tear

• tastelessly showy