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Definition of Tacky
1. Adjective. (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch. "Tacky varnish"
2. Adjective. Tastelessly showy. "Tawdry ornaments"
Similar to: Tasteless
Derivative terms: Cheapness, Flash, Flashiness, Garishness, Garishness, Gaud, Gaudiness, Gaudiness, Loudness, Meretriciousness, Tackiness, Tat, Tawdriness, Trashiness
Definition of Tacky
1. a. Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
2. a. Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.
3. n. An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.
Definition of Tacky
1. Adjective. Of a substance, slightly sticky. ¹
2. Adjective. (colloquial) Of low quality. ¹
3. Adjective. (colloquial) In poor taste. ¹
4. Adjective. gaudy, flashy, showy, garish ¹
5. Adjective. dowdy, shabbily dressed ¹
6. Adjective. shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tacky
1. adhesive [adj TACKIER, TACKIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacky
Literary usage of Tacky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forty-four French Folk-songs and Variants from Canada, Normandy, and Brittany by Julien Tiersot (1910)
"Ticky tick-tack, ticky tacky. I hear the mill go ticky ticky tacky, ... Ticky ticky
tacky, ticky ticky tacky, Ticky ticky tacky, ticky tack! и Built was the ..."
2. Six Years' Travels in Russia by Mary Ann Pellew Smith (1859)
"... tacky tacky, rack tacky tacky," rose mysteriously on the surrounding silence,
leaving it for some time dubious whether it was actually at a distance or ..."
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