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    TRASHY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: trashier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, trashiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: trashier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: trashiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Tastelessly showyplay

    Example:

    tawdry ornaments

    Synonyms:

    brassy; cheap; flash; flashy; garish; gaudy; gimcrack; loud; meretricious; tacky; tatty; tawdry; trashy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    tasteless (lacking aesthetic or social taste)

    Derivation:

    trashiness (the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Cheap and inferior; of no valueplay

    Example:

    trashy merchandise

    Synonyms:

    rubbishy; trashy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    worthless (lacking in usefulness or value)

    Derivation:

    trash (worthless material that is to be disposed of)

    trashiness (the quality of being cheaply imitative of something better)

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