tatty
- adjective
- /ˈtæti/
- UK
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chabacano
- Everything fitted well enough but felt tatty and fake, like a stage costume.
The first one that springs to mind for me is the tatty Westbrook and James Charles feud.
- The first one that springs to mind for me is the tatty Westbrook and James Charles feud.
Examples
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And maybe it was her head-of-a-seamstress head that made what you thought was a cheerful dress turn loud and tatty next to hers.
Fiction book (1992) -
Despite its tatty appearance, the vibrant colors of the dress caught everyone's attention.
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Let's put my little tatty reindeer and is on today.
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The first one that springs to mind for me is the tatty Westbrook and James Charles feud.
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Actually, they are the tatty lashes, PrettyLittleThing and the shade Chick Flick, and I'm just going to place this in the end of your lashes.
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The decor at the party was so tatty that it felt more like a garage sale than a celebration.
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He wore a tatty old jacket that had seen better days but still made a fashion statement.
Synonyms
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4.1
Very bright or showy in a way that attracts attention
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4.3
Showy in a cheap way that looks bad
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1.8
Too bright and showy in a way that looks bad
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5.6
Very showy with bright colors or too many decorations
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3.7
Cheap and low quality that looks ugly or not stylish
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7.8
A thing that looks showy but is cheap and low quality
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5.5
Very bright and showy in a way that looks bad
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6.5
Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour
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6.7
Very bright and showy in a way that hurts the eyes
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4.8
A bright, showy look that tries to impress people
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8.2
Too sentimental or brightly decorated and not in good taste
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7.2
Bold and showy in a way people may find rude
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7.4
Showy in a way meant to attract attention
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9.9
Not stylish and looking cheap or embarrassing
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9.9
Attractive in a bright, showy way but not honest or valuable
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6.9
A style that is too bright or cheap and looks unpleasant
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9.6
Looking expensive or stylish in a showy, joking way
Showy but cheaply made and worth little
Shiny and showy but cheap, like tinsel
A person or thing that looks very old-fashioned and cheap
Antonyms
How Tacky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tatty can also mean showy in a cheap way; a helpful way to remember this is the short word tat, which people use for 'a small, cheap thing'. So, something tatty looks flashy but poor in quality.