tacky
adjective
[ ˈtaki ]
• (of glue, paint, or other substances) not fully dry and retaining a slightly sticky feel.
• "the paint was still tacky"
Similar:
sticky,
wet,
gluey,
gummy,
glutinous,
adhesive,
viscous,
viscid,
treacly,
syrupy,
runny,
clinging,
sticking,
gooey,
tacky
adjective
• showing poor taste and quality.
• "even in her faintly tacky costumes, she won our hearts"
Similar:
tawdry,
tasteless,
kitsch,
vulgar,
crude,
garish,
gaudy,
showy,
loud,
trashy,
cheap,
cheap and nasty,
nasty,
common,
second-rate,
Brummagem,
flash,
flashy,
tatty,
naff,
Origin:
early 19th century: of unknown origin. Early use was as a noun denoting a horse of little value, later applied to a poor white in some Southern states of the US, hence ‘shabby, cheap, in bad taste’ (mid 19th century).
