| Main Entry: |
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| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
inferior, low in quality |
| Synonyms: |
bad,
base,
bogus, catchpenny,
cheesy,
common,
commonplace,
crappy*, cruddy, dud,
flashy,
garbage,
garish, glitzy, junky,
lousy, mangy,
mean,
mediocre,
meretricious, no bargain, no good,
ordinary,
paltry,
poor, ratty,
raunchy, rinky-dink,
rotten, rubbishy, scroungy, second-rate,
shoddy,
sleazy, small-time, tatty,
tawdry,
terrible, trashy, trumpery, two-bit, valueless, white elephant,
worthless
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| Notes: |
cheap means relatively low in price or charging low prices, tastelessly showy, or of very poor quality while cheep is the short weak cry of a young bird, a chirp |
| Antonyms: |
excellent, noble, precious, priceless, superior, valuable, worthy
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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