| ADJECTIVE | all | tacky | (of a glutinous liquid / liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch |
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| all | tacky, brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tatty, tawdry, trashy | tastelessly showy |
| Sounds | tae'kiy | |
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| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| Meaning | (of a glutinous liquid / liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch. | |
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| Example | "tacky varnish" | |
| Broader | wet | Covered or soaked with a liquid such as water |
| Spanish | pegajoso | |
| Nouns | tackiness | the property of being cohesive and sticky |
| Meaning | tastelessly showy. | |
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| Synonyms | brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tatty, tawdry, trashy | |
| Broader | tasteless | lacking aesthetic or social taste |
| Spanish | chillón, estridente, hortera, llamativo, vistoso, vulgar | |
| Catalan | cridaner, estrident, llampant, vulgar | |
| Nouns | tackiness | tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar |
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