trashy

trashy
adjective (trashier; -est) Date: circa 1620 1. being, resembling, or containing trash ; of inferior quality 2. indecenttrashily adverbtrashiness noun

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Trashy — Trash y, a. [Compar. {Trashier}; superl. {Trashiest}.] Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • trashy — index inferior (lower in quality), poor (inferior in quality), trivial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • trashy — (adj.) worthless, 1610s, from TRASH (Cf. trash) (n.) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Trashiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • trashy — [adj] worthless abandoned, barren, bogus, cheap, cheesy, crappy*, cruddy*, crummy*, despicable, empty, flimsy, garbage, good for nothing*, grungy, inferior, junky, lousy, low in quality, no good*, ratty, raunchy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry,… …   New thesaurus

  • trashy — [trash′ē] adj. trashier, trashiest containing, consisting of, or like trash; worthless, offensive, etc. trashiness n …   English World dictionary

  • trashy — UK [ˈtræʃɪ] / US adjective Word forms trashy : adjective trashy comparative trashier superlative trashiest informal 1) something that is trashy is very badly made or of very bad quality a trashy novel 2) American someone who is trashy behaves in… …   English dictionary

  • trashy — trash|y [ træʃi ] adjective INFORMAL 1. ) something that is trashy is very badly made or of very bad quality: a trashy novel 2. ) AMERICAN someone who is trashy behaves in an immoral way, especially in situations involving sex ╾ trash|i|ness noun …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • trashy — [[t]træ̱ʃi[/t]] trashier, trashiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe something as trashy, you think it is of very poor quality. [INFORMAL] I was reading some trashy romance novel. Syn: rubbishy …   English dictionary

  • trashy — mod. cheap; obscene; low; (sexually) promiscuous. □ What a trashy movie! □ Cut out the trashy talk, you guys …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • trashy — adjective /ˈtɹæʃi/ Like trash; containing much trash a trashy novel Syn: rejected, useless, waste, worthless …   Wiktionary

  • trashy — adj. Trashy is used with these nouns: ↑novel …   Collocations dictionary

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