tackiness
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tack·y 1
(tăk′ē)adj. tack·i·er, tack·i·est
Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
[From tack.]
tack′i·ness n.
tack·y 2
(tăk′ē)adj. tack·i·er, tack·i·est Informal
1.
a. Lacking style or good taste; tawdry: tacky clothes.
b. Distasteful or offensive; tasteless: a tacky remark.
2. Flimsy, rundown, or in poor repair: "a tacky room he could tear apart with his bare hands" (John Edgar Wideman).
[From tackey, an inferior horse.]
tack′i·ly adv.
tack′i·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | tackiness - the property of being cohesive and sticky viscosity, viscousness - resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow) |
2. | tackiness - tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar tastelessness - inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste |
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Translations
tackiness
1n (of paint etc) → Klebrigkeit f
tackiness
2n (inf) → Billigkeit f; (of area, bar) → heruntergekommener Zustand; (of clothes, food, colour scheme) → Geschmacklosigkeit f
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