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Adjective
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(adj)
meretricious (meretricious%3:01:00::)
(like or relating to a prostitute)
"meretricious relationships"
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(adj)
brassy (brassy%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
,
cheap (cheap%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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flash (flash%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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flashy (flashy%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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garish (garish%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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gaudy (gaudy%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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gimcrack (gimcrack%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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loud (loud%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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meretricious (meretricious%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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tacky (tacky%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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tatty (tatty%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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tawdry (tawdry%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
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trashy (trashy%3:00:00:tasteless:02)
(tastelessly showy)
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
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(adj)
gilded (gilded%3:00:00:insincere:00)
,
meretricious (meretricious%3:00:00:insincere:00)
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specious (specious%3:00:00:insincere:00)
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glossy (glossy%3:00:00:insincere:00)
(based on pretense; deceptively pleasing)
"the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"