Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tawdriness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tawdriness \Taw"dri*ness\, n.
Quality or state of being tawdry.
A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more
ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. --Richardson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
tawdriness
n : tasteless showiness [syn: {flashiness}, {garishness}, {gaudiness},
{loudness}, {brashness}, {meretriciousness}, {glitz}]
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