definition of
tawdry

[1] #1 tawdry s. [brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, trashy] tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments". wn

[2] #2 tawdry s. [cheapjack, shoddy] cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist. wn