is similar to
unrestrained and crudely rich
"barbaric use of color or ornament"
is similar to
tastelessly showy
"a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy
is similar to
cheap and showy
"a cheap Brummagem imitation"
is similar to
providing sophisticated amusement by virtue of having artificially (and vulgarly) mannered or banal or sentimental qualities
"they played up the silliness of their roles for camp effect"; "campy Hollywood musicals of the 1940's"
is similar to
in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
"an indelicate remark"; "an off-color joke"
is similar to
(of a display) tawdry or vulgar
see also
lacking in refinement or grace or good taste
see also
making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
"a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"
is an attribute of
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
"arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success"; "to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste"