bg лепкав (slightly sticky) · fi tahmea (slightly sticky) · es pegajoso (slightly sticky) · lv lipīgs (slightly sticky) · ru ли́пкий (slightly sticky) · pt pegajoso (slightly sticky) · fr collant (slightly sticky) · de klebrig (slightly sticky) · it appiccicoso (slightly sticky) · cs lepkavý (slightly sticky) · pt grudento (slightly sticky) · fi tarttuva (slightly sticky) · pl lepki (slightly sticky) · da let klæbende (slightly sticky) · it appiccicaticcio (slightly sticky)
tacky en · ADJ · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ˈtæki/
Etymology
Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.
Meanings
(colloquial) Of low quality.
That market stall sells all sorts of tacky ornaments.
(colloquial) In poor taste.
That was a tacky thing to say.
Gaudy or flashy.
Steve Randle was seventeen, tall and lean, with thick greasy hair he kept combed in complicated swirls. He was tacky, smart, and Soda's best buddy since grade school. 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders:
pt desleixado (dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)) · id receh (colloquial: in bad taste) · it di cattivo gusto (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru неря́шливый (dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)) · da smagløs (colloquial: in bad taste) · fi halpa (colloquial: of low quality) · fi nuhjuinen (dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)) · cmn 低劣 (colloquial: of low quality) · es chopo (colloquial: of low quality) · de geschmacklos (colloquial: in bad taste) · da billig (colloquial: of low quality) · nl smakeloos (colloquial: in bad taste) · es cursi (colloquial: in bad taste) · es chopo (colloquial: in bad taste) · tr pejmürde (dowdy, shabbily dressed) · ru безвку́сный (colloquial: in bad taste) · fi nuhjuinen (dowdy, shabbily dressed) · pt de mau gosto (colloquial: in bad taste) · es hortera (colloquial: in bad taste) · id receh (colloquial: of low quality) · pt piroso (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru показно́й (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · es flaite (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru крича́щий (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · cmn 低质 (colloquial: of low quality) · pt mirabolante (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · fi tökerö (colloquial: of low quality) · ru неэлега́нтный (dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)) · pl tandetny (colloquial: of low quality) · nn smaklaus (colloquial: in bad taste) · pt espalhafatoso (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · es huachafo (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru аляпова́тый (colloquial: of low quality) · it tamarro (colloquial: in bad taste) · fi näyttävä (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · fi mauton (colloquial: in bad taste) · nl slecht (colloquial: of low quality) · nn harry (colloquial: in bad taste) · de schäbig (dowdy, shabbily dressed) · de schäbig (dowdy, shabby (in one's appearance)) · pt fajuto (colloquial: of low quality) · es cutre (colloquial: of low quality) · tl baduy (colloquial: of low quality) · pt cafona (dowdy, shabbily dressed) · pt cafona (colloquial: in bad taste) · nb harry (colloquial: in bad taste) · nl goedkoop (colloquial: of low quality) · nb smakløs (colloquial: in bad taste) · ca xaró (colloquial: in bad taste) · es hortera (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · es patito (colloquial: of low quality) · de billig (colloquial: of low quality) · it pacchiano (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · es ordinario (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · ru бро́ский (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · es naco (colloquial: in bad taste) · fr quétaine (colloquial: in bad taste) · eo puca (colloquial: in bad taste) · eo kiĉa (colloquial: in bad taste) · tl baduy (colloquial: in bad taste) · es cutre (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru низкопро́бный (colloquial: of low quality) · es naco (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · eo malbongusta (colloquial: in bad taste) · it appariscente (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · pt brega (colloquial: in bad taste) · it pacchiano (colloquial: in bad taste) · es wacha (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru низкока́чественный (colloquial: of low quality) · ru бе́дно оде́тый (dowdy, shabbily dressed) · ru дешёвый (colloquial: of low quality) · fi tyylitön (colloquial: in bad taste) · ru мишу́рный (gaudy, flashy, showy, garish) · es chafa (colloquial: of low quality) · de minderwertig (colloquial: of low quality)
tacky en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
/ˈtæki/
Etymology
Sense “in poor taste” from 1888, from earlier sense meaning shabby or seedy. Also see tackey (“neglected horse”), Southern US colloquialism from 1800s, later extended to people.