how to pronounce tawdry

/ˈtɔːdɹiː/

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tawdry is pronounced in two syllables

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ɔː

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iː

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An example use of tawdry in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… of naughty sort of tawdry reputation in …”

meanings of tawdry

noun:

Anything gaudy and cheap; pretentious finery.
Tawdry lace.

adjective:

Unseemly, base, shameful.
Cheap and gaudy; showy.

tawdry frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tawdry occurs in english on average 0.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics tawdry can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that tawdry can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;