Antonyms of adj tawdry

2 senses of tawdry

Sense 1
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

INDIRECT (VIA tasteless) -> tasteful -- (having or showing or conforming to good taste)

Sense 2
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry -- (cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist)

INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior -- (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students")

Similarity of adj tawdry

2 senses of tawdry

Sense 1
brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")
       => tasteless (vs. tasteful) -- (lacking aesthetic or social taste)

Sense 2
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry -- (cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist)
       => inferior (vs. superior) -- (of low or inferior quality)

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