| ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: tawdry, -tawdry- |
| |
| | tawdry | (ทอ'ดรี) adj. ฉูดฉาดแต่ไม่มีราคา, พื้น ๆ , เรียบ ๆ, See also: tawdrily adv. tawdriness n., Syn. gaudy, vulgar, cheap |
| | tawdry | (adj) โอ่อ่า, เรียบๆ, พื้นๆ |
| | | | brassy | (adj) tastelessly showy, Syn. flashy, cheap, meretricious, trashy, gimcrack, tacky, flash, tawdry, garish, tatty, loud, gaudy | | cheapjack | (adj) cheap and shoddy; - Judith Crist, Syn. shoddy, tawdry |
| | Tawdry | a. [ Compar. Tawdrier superl. Tawdriest. ] [ Said to be corrupted from Saint Audrey, or Auldrey, meaning Saint Ethelreda, implying therefore, originally, bought at the fair of St. Audrey, where laces and gay toys of all sorts were sold. This fair was held in Isle Ely, and probably at other places, on the day of the saint, which was the 17th of October. ] 1. Bought at the festival of St. Audrey. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] And gird in your waist,
For more fineness, with a tawdry lace. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors. [ 1913 Webster ] He rails from morning to night at essenced fops and tawdry courtiers. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Tawdry | n.; pl. Tawdries A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Of which the Naiads and the blue Nereids make
Them tawdries for their necks. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | |
add this word
You know the meaning of this word? click [add this word] to add this word to our database with its meaning, to impart your knowledge for the general benefit
Are you satisfied with the result?
Discussions | |
|
