naff

Examples

• All

• The restaurant's decor was so naff that we decided to eat somewhere else.

• Do you have any idea how naff people think we are?

  Better Man (2024)

• Yeah, well, it's naff, anyway.

  The Wiggles Movie (1997)

• Well, yeah, this episode was a bit naff, but I'm still going to watch it as normal.

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• The doctor who bit at the end just sounded really naff.

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• I agree that the show has got to the point where it can be naff in places, but not that it has suddenly happened with this episode.

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• Like the conversation around self-publishing, a lot of the conversation about live-writing is likely to be 'look at how naff this is!'

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• It may be well coded and structured, but the look and feel of the site is so naff, I'd hesitate to use such a product.

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• Valerie's fashions were pretty much as naff as Sharron's, but her dresses were usually much shorter.

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• The dialogue is corny, the character names are naff (small thing, but it gives a sheen of non-quality to the proceedings), and the entire second half of the story is a routine conveyor belt of deaths.

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Synonyms

T

tacky

vsnaff

• Informal

68 4.3

Showy in a cheap way that looks bad

covers bad taste or low quality more broadly, not only showiness

T

trashy

vsnaff

• Informal

37 3.7

Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish

includes poor taste as well as simple unfashionability rather than only low worth

T

tawdry

vsnaff

24 7.8

A thing that looks showy but is cheap and low quality

is broader, covering unfashionable or low-quality items beyond mere flashiness

T

tasteless

vsnaff

18 3.9

Showing bad style or manners that offend people

focuses more generally on being unfashionable or low quality rather than only taste

S

schlocky

vsnaff

• Informal

1 9.1

A thing that is cheap and badly made and shows little taste

emphasizes poor appearance or unfashionability beyond mere cheap manufacture

U

unstylish

vsnaff

1 3.7

Not fashionable or elegant in appearance

adds a judgment of poor taste or low quality beyond mere lack of fashion

N

naf

vsnaff

• Slang

9.9

Not fashionable and showing bad taste

is the same meaning but appears as an alternative informal form

S

so naff

vsnaff

• Slang

9.6

A person or thing that looks very old-fashioned and cheap

is the basic term for being unfashionable or in poor taste

T

tatty

vsnaff

• UK

7.4

Showy and cheap in a way that looks low quality

is wider, applying to unfashionable or poor-quality items not only flashy ones

R

rubbishy

vsnaff

• UK

7.0

Cheap and poorly made

adds the sense of bad taste or unfashionability rather than only low value

P

punkish

vsnaff

• Offensive

9.3

Shabby and of low quality or value

is the general label for unfashionable or tasteless items rather than the dated tone

Antonyms

F

fashionable

85 2.6

Popular now because it follows the current style

T

tasteful

41 3.9

Showing good style and polite manners

H

high quality

23 2.6

Something that is very good and lasts a long time

Idioms

S

so naff

• Slang

9.6

A person or thing that looks very old-fashioned and cheap

How Unstylish

garish

16 6.7

tacky

• Informal

68 4.3

naff

• Slang

2 9.9

old-fashioned

149 4.7

uncool

• Informal

40 7.4

Surface Forms

Etymology