trashy
/ˈtraʃi
/adjective (trashier, trashiest)
(Especially of items of popular culture) of poor quality: trashy novels and formulaic movies...
- This is her way of countering criticism of her books as gossipy, trashy hack-work with poor sourcing.
- Exploitation movies are often criticized as trashy, but poor taste is an elitist concept.
- For others it's a certain type of bubble bath, a much-watched DVD or a collection of trashy novels.
Derivatives
trashily
- The other half, trashily sexy, is more than simply retro: it deliberately revisits the place where it all began in the '70s, fusing Afro-American funk with Kraftwerk.
- It's nice and thick, epic, and trashily erudite.
- He is good but he's not good enough, and the same judgment could be passed on this trashily entertaining blockbuster.
trashiness
- If the film-makers choose to emphasize the concept's inherent trashiness, and gloss up the grindhouse elements, this could be something exhilarating.
- Thirdly, the fact that I should seek to a connection between myself, a talent show host and a great author is a great consolation, as it confirms to me my own trashiness and vanity.
- In honour of the sheer trashiness of the occasion I was drinking champagne with raspberry cordial in it.