tacky

Meanings

Adjective

Of a substance, slightly sticky.
Of low quality.
In poor taste.
Gaudy or flashy.
Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.

Noun

Alternative of tackey

Origin

tack + -y
Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey, Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.

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