HyperDic: gimcrack

English > 2 senses of the word gimcrack:
ADJECTIVEallgimcrack, brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashytastelessly showy
NOUNartifactgimcrack, folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumperyornamental objects of no great value
English > gimcrack: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaningtastelessly showy.
Synonymsbrassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
Broadertastelesslacking aesthetic or social taste
Spanishchillón, estridente, hortera, llamativo, vistoso, vulgar
Catalancridaner, estrident, llampant, vulgar
English > gimcrack: 2 senses > noun 1, artifact
MeaningOrnamental objects of no great value.
Synonymsfolderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery
Broaderdecoration, ornament, ornamentationSomething used to beautify
Spanishperifollo

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