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.

1. colloquial Of low quality.

#: That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.

1. colloquial In poor taste.

#: That was a tacky thing to say.

1. gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
2. dowdy, shabbily dressed
3. shabby, dowdy(in one's appearance)

Translations

trans-top|slightly sticky
Finnish: tahmea, tarttuva
German: klebrig
trans-mid
Portuguese: pegajoso, grudento

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trans-top|colloquial: of low quality
Finnish: halpa, rihkama|rihkama- (prefix in a compound), tökerö
German: billig
trans-mid
Portuguese: fajuto, esnobe e barato
Spanish: naco (Mexico)
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trans-top|colloquial: in bad taste
Finnish: mauton, tyylitön
German: geschmacklos
trans-mid
Portuguese: de mau gosto
Spanish: naco (Mexico)
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trans-top|gaudy, flashy, showy, garish

trans-mid
Portuguese: espalhafatoso, mirabolante

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trans-top|dowdy, shabbily dressed
trans-mid
Portuguese: cafona

trans-bottom

trans-top|dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)

trans-mid
Portuguese: desleixado

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