tawdry

Other forms of tawdry

comparative or superlative

tawdrier

comparative or superlative

tawdriest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tawdry

What does tawdry mean?

tawdry means "tastelessly showy". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tawdry?

tawdry has 2 syllables: taw-dry. The stress falls on "taw". In IPA it is /ˈtɔdɹi/.

What is another word for tawdry?

Close synonyms include brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tawdry a common word?

tawdry is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.