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trash·y

 (trăsh′ē)
adj. trash·i·er, trash·i·est
1. Resembling or containing trash; cheap or worthless: trashy merchandise.
2. In very poor taste or of very poor quality: "There was a special pathos ... within ... her trashy tales" (James Wolcott).
trash′i·ly adv.
trash′i·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

trashy

(ˈtræʃɪ)
adj, trashier or trashiest
cheap, worthless, or badly made
ˈtrashily adv
ˈtrashiness n
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

trash•y

(ˈtræʃ i)

adj. i•er, i•est.
of the nature of trash; of inferior quality or worth.
[1610–20]
trash′i•ly, adv.
trash′i•ness, n.
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.trashy - cheap and inferiortrashy - cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise"
rubbishy
worthless - lacking in usefulness or value; "a worthless idler"
2.trashy - tastelessly showytrashy - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments"
flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste
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trashy

adjective worthless, cheap, inferior, shabby, flimsy, shoddy, tawdry, tinsel, thrown together, crappy (slang), meretricious, rubbishy, poxy (slang), chickenshit (U.S. slang), catchpenny, cheap-jack (informal), of a sort or of sorts I was reading some trashy romance novel.
excellent, outstanding, first-class, exceptional, first-rate, superlative, A1 or A-one (informal)
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

trashy

adjective
Of decidedly inferior quality:
base, cheap, lousy, miserable, paltry, poor, rotten, shoddy, sleazy.
Informal: cheesy.
Slang: crummy, schlocky.
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Translations
تافِه، لا قيمَة له
bezcenný
værdiløs
einskisverîur

trashy

[ˈtræʃɪ] ADJ → malo, barato
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trashy

[ˈtræʃi] adj [film, book] → trash inv
a really trashy film → un film vraiment trash
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

trashy

adj (+er) goods → minderwertig, wertlos; play → minderwertig; pop group → billig; place → schäbig; trashy novel → Schundroman m; clothes for teenagers are often trashy → Teenagerkleidung ist oft Schund or billiges Zeug
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

trashy

[ˈtræʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) (book, film) → scadente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

trash

(trӕʃ) noun
rubbish. Throw it away! It's just trash.
ˈtrashy adjective
worthless. trashy jewellery/novels/music.
ˈtrashcan noun
(American) a dustbin.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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