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Antonyms for tacky

Grammar : Adj
Spell : tak-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæk i


Definition of tacky

Origin :
  • "sticky," 1788, from tack (n.1) in the sense of "an act of attaching temporarily" + -y (2).
  • adj cheap, tasteless
Example sentences :
  • When the glaire has ceased to be “tacky,” the gold is laid on.
  • Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
  • Madison, my first town, showed me that my clothes were homemade and tacky.
  • Extract from : « The Log-Cabin Lady, An Anonymous Autobiography » by Unknown
  • This effect is further magnified if the “tacky” piece of rubber is packed in close contact with previously unaffected rubber.
  • Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
  • There is sufficient evidence to warrant the injunction that tacky rubber should be excluded from contact with sound rubber.
  • Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
  • It has been stated that sound rubber left in contact with tacky specimens was found to be unaffected after two years.
  • Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
  • The grimy old towel, the slimy old towel, The tacky old towel that hung on the wall.
  • Extract from : « A line-o'-verse or two » by Bert Leston Taylor
  • A vellum binding which is “tacky” may be rubbed over with powdered soapstone after cleaning.
  • Extract from : « Book Repair and Restoration » by Mitchell Buck
  • People were sorrier than ever for Jim and for his aunt and for the tacky, pretty little Hardin girl.
  • Extract from : « Back Home » by Irvin S. Cobb
  • If it is allowed to get properly dry it will be next to impossible to make it tacky by breathing upon it.
  • Extract from : « Illumination and its Development in the Present Day » by Sidney Farnsworth
  • We looked like a tacky party as almost every one had on something borrowed or incongruous.
  • Extract from : « Back at School with the Tucker Twins » by Nell Speed

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