Tacky

From Fresh Dictionary

English

Adjective

tacky (comparative tackier, superlative tackiest)

1. Of a substance, slightly sticky.

   This paint isn't dry yet - it's still a bit tacky.

2. (colloquial) Of low quality.

   That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.

3. (colloquial) In poor taste.

   That was a tacky thing to say.

4. gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
5. dowdy, shabbily dressed
6. shabby, dowdy(in one's appearance)

Translations

slightly sticky

Finnish: tahmea, tarttuva German: klebrig

Portuguese: pegajoso

colloquial: of low quality

Finnish: halpa, rihkama- (prefix in a compound), tökerö German: billig

Portuguese: fajuto, esnobe e barato Spanish: naco (Mexico)

colloquial: in bad taste

Finnish: mauton, tyylitön German: geschmacklos

Portuguese: de mau gosto Spanish: naco (Mexico)

1. gaudy, flashy, showy, garish

Portuguese: espalhafatoso, mirabolante

dowdy, shabbily dressed

Portuguese: cafona

dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)

Portuguese: desleixado