See tacky in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "billig"
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"word": "goedkoop"
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"word": "tandetny"
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"sense": "colloquial: of low quality",
"word": "fajuto"
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"word": "mauton"
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"word": "tyylitön"
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"tags": [
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"word": "quétaine"
},
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"word": "geschmacklos"
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"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "receh"
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"word": "di cattivo gusto"
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{
"_dis1": "4 89 1 5",
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"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "colloquial: in bad taste",
"word": "tamarro"
},
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"word": "smakløs"
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"word": "de mau gosto"
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"word": "brega"
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"word": "cafona"
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"word": "piroso"
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
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"word": "pacchiano"
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "espalhafatoso"
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"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "mirabolante"
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"roman": "kričáščij",
"sense": "gaudy, flashy, showy, garish",
"word": "крича́щий"
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"word": "показно́й"
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"word": "ordinario"
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"word": "nuhjuinen"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "schäbig"
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{
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dowdy, shabbily dressed",
"word": "cafona"
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{
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"roman": "bédno odétyj",
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"alt_of": [
{
"word": "tackey"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Alternative form of tackey"
],
"links": [
[
"tackey",
"tackey#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈtæki/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-æki"
}
],
"word": "tacky"
}
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