“I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because he was at that time strongly opposed to the idea, stating that, ‘If a mandate was the solution, we can try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody to buy a house,’”
taw·dry (tôdr) adj. taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est 1. Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance. See Synonyms at gaudy1. 2. Shameful or indecent: tawdry secrets. n. Cheap and gaudy finery. [From tawdry lace, lace necktie, alteration of Saint Audrey's lace (sold at the annual Saint Audrey's fair, Ely, England), after Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor, supposedly because she delighted in fancy necklaces as a young woman.] tawdri·ly adv. tawdri·ness n.
“I note that in 2008, then-Senator Obama supported a health care reform proposal that did not include an individual mandate because he was at that time strongly opposed to the idea, stating that, ‘If a mandate was the solution, we can try that to solve homelessness by mandating everybody to buy a house,’”
ReplyDeletetaw·dry (tôdr)
ReplyDeleteadj. taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est
1. Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance. See Synonyms at gaudy1.
2. Shameful or indecent: tawdry secrets.
n.
Cheap and gaudy finery.
[From tawdry lace, lace necktie, alteration of Saint Audrey's lace (sold at the annual Saint Audrey's fair, Ely, England), after Saint Audrey (Saint Etheldreda), queen of Northumbria, who died in 679 of a throat tumor, supposedly because she delighted in fancy necklaces as a young woman.]
tawdri·ly adv.
tawdri·ness n.
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tawdry [ˈtɔːdrɪ]
adj -drier, -driest
cheap, showy, and of poor quality tawdry jewellery
[C16 tawdry lace, shortened and altered from Seynt Audries lace, finery sold at the fair of St Audrey (Etheldrida), 7th-century queen of Northumbria and patron saint of Ely, Cambridgeshire]
tawdrily adv
tawdriness n
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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words AntonymsAdj. 1. tawdry - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, trashy, brassy, cheap
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
2. tawdry - cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist
cheapjack, shoddy
inferior - of low or inferior quality
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tawdry
adjective vulgar, cheap, tacky (informal), flashy, tasteless, plastic (slang), glittering, naff (Brit. slang), gaudy, tatty, showy, tinsel, raffish, gimcrack, meretricious, tinselly, cheap-jack (informal) tawdry jewellery
elegant, stylish, tasteful, simple, plain, refined, graceful, well-tailored, unostentatious, unflashy