English-Thai Dictionary

tacky

ADJ เหนียว  sticky adhesive niao

 

tacky

ADJ โกโรโกโส (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  เก่า มาก  shabby shoddy tatty cheap vulgar ko-ro-ko-so

 

tacky

SL รสนิยมต่ำ  rod-sa-ni-yom-tam

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TACKY

Tack "y, a. Etym: [Cf. Techy, Tack a spot. ]

 

Defn: Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc. , when not well dried. [U. S.]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tacky

tack y 1 |ˈtakē ˈtæki | ▶adjective ( tackier, tackiest ) (of glue, paint, or other substances ) retaining a slightly sticky feel; not fully dry: the paint was still tacky. DERIVATIVES tack i ness noun

 

tacky

tack y 2 |ˈtæki ˈtakē | ▶adjective ( tackier, tackiest ) informal showing poor taste and quality: even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts. DERIVATIVES tack i ly |ˈtakəlē |adverb, tack i ness noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some southern states, hence ‘shabby, cheap, in bad taste ’ (mid 19th cent ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tacky

tacky 1 |ˈtaki | ▶adjective ( tackier, tackiest ) (of glue, paint, or other substances ) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel: the paint was still tacky. DERIVATIVES tackiness noun

 

tacky

tacky 2 |ˈtaki | ▶adjective ( tackier, tackiest ) informal showing poor taste and quality: even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts. DERIVATIVES tackily adverb, tackiness noun ORIGIN early 19th cent.: of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some Southern states of the US, hence ‘shabby, cheap, in bad taste ’ (mid 19th cent. ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tacky

tacky 1 adjective the paint was still tacky: sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, adhesive, viscous, viscid, treacly; informal gooey.

 

tacky

tacky 2 adjective a tacky game show: tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, kitschy, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy, showy, trashy, cheesy, cheap, common, second-rate. ANTONYMS tasteful. WORD NOTE tacky Tacky is used for anything aesthetically excessive: corny: overly sentimental or countrified hammy: overly theatrical, esp. of acting or singing kitschy: grandiosely tasteless pretentious: overreaching the boundaries of the medium or abilities of the creator schmaltzy: excessively sweet or sentimental self-indulgent: tastelessly expressive of concerns unique to the artist — SM Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tacky

tacky 1 adjective the paint on the frame was still tacky: sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, glutinous, adhesive, viscous, viscid, treacly, syrupy, runny, clinging, sticking; informal gooey.

 

tacky

tacky 2 adjective a tacky game show: tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy, showy, loud, trashy, cheap, cheap and nasty, nasty, common, second-rate, Brummagem; informal flash, flashy, tatty, naff. ANTONYMS tasteful, refined.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tacky

tack y /tǽki /形容詞 1 ｟くだけて ｠みすぼらしい, 安っぽい .2 〈ペンキなどが 〉べとつく .t á ck i ly 副詞 t á ck i ness 名詞