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tacky1
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adjectivetackier, tackiest
(of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.
‘the paint was still tacky’- ‘It puts out a real sticky, tacky substance and is designed to restrict the movement of somebody.’
- ‘If a fibre is mechanically extruded from a solution of (natural or artificial) silk protein just like pulling a thread from tacky glue, the fibre is still not as strong as real silk thread.’
- ‘Remove each stick, add a dot of tacky glue to the hole, and replace the stick.’
- ‘Apply tacky glue to the face and attach to the gourd.’
- ‘This paint was tacky rather than wet, but it was clearly brand new.’
- ‘It looked like it could have been held together with tacky glue and scotch tape.’
- ‘The bottom surface has a tacky rubber material across it, which gives the pad very effective grip on all surfaces I tried it with.’
- ‘The tacky stuff takes some shifting and it's not cheap to do so.’
- ‘Slowly add the water by hand, kneading in between each addition until a soft, tacky dough forms.’
- ‘One reason was that the surface states of the component materials were tacky.’
- ‘The header on these sheer curtains disguises tacky wax, which holds each plate in place.’
- ‘The authentic beaded doll had large gold neck rings, so we added strips of silver foil paper around the top and bottom of our cups with tacky craft glue to simulate precious metal.’
- ‘Lips and mucous membranes need to be moist and not tacky or sticky to the touch.’
- ‘For the last 20/30 minutes I had noticed that my hands and arms were feeling not quite sticky but tacky.’
- ‘The salt crystals were apparently pushed (or ‘pounded’) with a paint brush into the tacky surface.’
- ‘The manufacturers of these rubber stocks have gone to a lot of trouble to produce a product that feels slightly tacky in the hand.’
- ‘Rachel took up some newspaper and stuck it to the portions of the wallpaper that were tacky but not yet stuck to his person.’
- ‘Practice sessions have seen several players complain of their feet getting stuck on a tacky surface.’
- ‘Let the adhesive thicken and become tacky according to the manufacturer's instruction (usually 1 hour) before laying the files.’
- ‘It seemed to me that ten ounces of plain flour with no baking powder added, mixed with a bare two ounces of lard but enough water to make the whole thing into a gooey, tacky mess was not guaranteed to result in appetizing mince pies.’
sticky, wet, gluey, gummy, glutinous, adhesive, viscous, viscid, treacly, syrupy, runny, clinging, stickingView synonyms
tacky2
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adjectivetackier, tackiest
informalShowing poor taste and quality.
- ‘even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts’
- ‘Personally, I don't have a particular problem with people who insist on doing up their houses in all forms of cheap nasty tacky decorations.’
- ‘Everything from Samuels's tacky costumes to his choice of entertainment is selected with one thought in mind: making sure his guests feel comfortable and relaxed.’
- ‘However beautiful it was, I knew I'd never be able to wear anything like it short of a wedding dress or a tacky costume for a play, and I didn't even plan on getting married.’
- ‘Less expected was the response of my cynical video-watching companions, who thought the film would be too tacky for their tastes.’
- ‘Lisa got some construction paper because she likes crafts and Dana got some tacky costume jewellery because she likes to dress up and look pretty.’
- ‘It was cheap and tacky and everything I didn't want to have shown as being part of my special day.’
- ‘I will be out trolling the streets of Long Island, looking for the most tasteless, tacky decorations I can find.’
- ‘Which makes it all the more inexcusable that so many restaurants spend a fortune on furnishings then stick tacky art on their walls.’
- ‘Even their fences were elegant, painted a cream colour that should have looked tacky.’
- ‘It's been whitewashed and dressed up and sugarcoated for so long that now it's just a tacky piece of junk on a souvenir stand, painted in red, white, and blue.’
- ‘There were three beds, one window with a little houseplant perched on the windowsill, and a set of slightly tacky drapes.’
- ‘If it all sounds slightly tacky, outrageous, and shocking, that's exactly the point.’
- ‘The set is wonderful, from the cheesy 70s-inspired table lamps, to the tacky neon lights shining through the blinds.’
- ‘And if the tacky drug metaphors sprinkled throughout this review annoyed you, avoid this record.’
- ‘He was middle-aged, with a prominent potbelly and tacky gold jewelry.’
- ‘Vinyl is only tacky when it masquerades as leather.’
- ‘The chairs were tacky metal with pinky-brown covering on the seat and the back, but very comfortable.’
- ‘They were like bad actors from a tacky soap opera, and they irritated me.’
- ‘You can use great stuff but if you put it into a tacky glass, the drink's integrity immediately goes down.’
- ‘It adorns tacky gold cigarette lighters and sets of imitation pearl earrings found in inflight duty free catalogues.’
tawdry, tasteless, kitsch, vulgar, crude, garish, gaudy, showy, loud, trashy, cheap, cheap and nasty, nasty, common, second-rate, BrummagemView synonyms
Origin
Early 19th century 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 century).
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