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| Main Entry: | tacky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crude, dilapidated, dingy, dowdy, faded, frumpy*, gaudy, inelegant, mangy*, messy, nasty*, out-of-date, outmoded, poky*, ratty, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, sloppy*, slovenly, stodgy, threadbare, unbecoming, unkempt, unsuitable, untidy, vulgar, down-at-heel, unstylish |
| Antonyms: | classy, expensive, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bedraggled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unkempt |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, dilapidated, dirty, disheveled, disordered, dowdy, faded, messy, muddy, run-down, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, sodden, soiled, tacky, tattered, threadbare, untidy, wet, drenched, dripping, muddied, stained, sullied |
| Antonyms: | clean, neat, tidy |
| Main Entry: | chintzy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap-looking |
| Synonyms: | cheap, frowzy, shabby, sleazy, tacky, schlocky |
| Main Entry: | coarse |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not fine, rude |
| Synonyms: | base, bawdy, blue*, boorish, cheap, common, crass, crude, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, gross, gruff, immodest, impolite, improper, impure, indelicate, inelegant, loutish, low, mean, nasty, obscene, off-color, offensive, raffish, raunchy, raw, ribald, rough, roughneck*, rude, scatological, smutty*, tacky, uncivil, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar, brutish, foul-mouthed, incult, lowbred, lowdown and dirty, vulgarian |
| Antonyms: | gentle, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crude |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, unpolished in manner |
| Synonyms: | awkward, backward, barnyard*, boorish, cheap, clumsy, coarse, crass, dirty, earthy, filthy, foul, gross*, ignorant, indecent, indelicate, inelegant, insensible, lewd, loud, loutish, oafish, obscene, raunchy*, raw, rough, rude, savage, smutty*, tacky*, tactless, uncouth, unenlightened, ungainly, unskillful, cloddish, grody, ill-bred, loud-mouthed, lowbred |
| Antonyms: | gentle, nice, polished, refined, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decrepit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age |
| Synonyms: | aged, antiquated, bedraggled, broken-down, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out, anile, battered, creaky, quavering, tottering, tumble-down, weakly |
| Antonyms: | fit, healthy, young |
| Main Entry: | dilapidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in ruins |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy*, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, faded, impaired, injured, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty*, raunchy, rickety, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, tacky, threadbare, unimproved, unkempt, worn-out, battered, beat-up, dog-eared, fallen-in, in a bad way, marred, rinky-dink, slummy, tumble-down, uncared for, used-up |
| Antonyms: | rebuilt, in good repair |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dowdy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poorly dressed; old-fashioned |
| Synonyms: | antiquated, archaic, baggy, bedraggled, bygone, dated, dingy, drab, dull, frowzy*, frumpy*, homely, moldy, old hat, out-of-date, outdated, outmoded, passé, plain, run-down, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, stodgy, tacky, tasteless, unfashionable, unkempt, unseemly, untidy, vintage, wrinkled, blowsy, scrubby, slatternly, unstylish |
| Antonyms: | chic, classy, fashionable, modern |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | faded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bleached; used |
| Synonyms: | achromatic, ashen, bedraggled, dim, dingy, dull, indistinct, lackluster, murky, pale, pallid, run-down, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, wan, wasted, worn, discolored, etiolated, lusterless, not shiny, washed out |
| Antonyms: | colored, brightened, strengthened |
| Main Entry: | flashy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flamboyant, in poor taste |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, cheap, chintzy, flaunting, florid, garish, gaudy, glaring, glittering, jazzy*, loud, meretricious, ornate, ostentatious, showy, snazzy, sparkling, tacky*, tasteless, tawdry, vulgar, catchpenny, glittery, glitzy, tinsel |
| Antonyms: | plain, simple, subdued, tasteful, unobtrusive, unflamboyant, unflashy, ungaudy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flimsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; light, thin |
| Synonyms: | decrepit, defective, delicate, diaphanous, feeble, fragile, frail, gauzy, gossamer, inadequate, infirm, insubstantial, meager, rickety, shaky, shallow, sheer, slapdash*, sleazy, slight, superficial, tacky, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wobbly, chiffon, cut-rate, house of cards, papery, rinkydink |
| Antonyms: | firm, heavy, solid, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gooey |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sticky, gummy |
| Synonyms: | adhesive, soft, tacky, viscous, gluey, glutinous, mucilaginous |
| Antonyms: | dry |
| Main Entry: | ill-mannered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | badly behaved |
| Synonyms: | boorish, cheap, churlish, coarse, discourteous, disrespectful, impertinent, impolite, insolent, loud, loutish, raunchy*, raw, rough, roughneck*, rude, tacky*, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly, unrefined, vulgar, bad-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-bred, loud-mouthed |
| Antonyms: | mannered, mannerly, polite, behaved |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | minor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insignificant, small |
| Synonyms: | accessory, bush-league*, casual, dependent, dinky*, inconsequential, inferior, junior, lesser, light, low, minus, negligible, paltry, petty, piddling, secondary, slight, small-time, smaller, subordinate, subsidiary, tacky, trifling, trivial, two-bit*, unimportant, below the mark, inconsiderable, second-string, small-fry, younger |
| Antonyms: | adult, large, major, significant, greater |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ragged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
| Synonyms: | broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, poor, rent, rough, rugged, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, patched, poorly made, scraggy, shredded, tatty, unpressed, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | even, new, smooth, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | run-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby, in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy*, neglected, old, peaked, ramshackle, ratty*, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, under the weather*, unhealthy, weak, weary, worn-out, beat-up, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, in a bad way, out of condition, tumble-down, uncared-for, untended, used up |
| Antonyms: | fresh, good, healthy, ok |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scraggly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ragged |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, grubby*, grungy*, messy, moth-eaten, scruffy, shabby, sloppy, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, torn, unclean, unkempt, badly dressed, badly worn, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in tatters, uncombed, ungroomed, worse for wear |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scruffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, bedraggled |
| Synonyms: | frowzy*, mangy*, messy, ragged, run-down, seedy, shabby, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, unkempt, untidy, badly groomed, ungroomed |
| Antonyms: | smooth, tidy, kempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | second-rate/second-class |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inferior, cheap |
| Synonyms: | common, commonplace, hack*, mean, mediocre, poor, shoddy*, substandard, tacky*, tawdry, cheap and dirty, déclassé, low-grade, low-quality |
| Antonyms: | excellent, first-class, first-rate, great, superior, wonderful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy*, decaying, decrepit, dingy, drooping, droopy, faded, frowzy, grubby, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, worn, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel*, flagging, gone to seed, in a bad way, sagging, used up, wilted, wilting |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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