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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worthless |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, barren, bogus, cheap, cheesy, crappy*, cruddy, crummy, despicable, empty, flimsy, garbage, good-for-nothing, grungy, inferior, junky, lousy, low in quality, no-good, ratty, raunchy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tawdry, useless, valueless |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheap |
| 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 |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crappy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor |
| Synonyms: | cheap, inferior, junky, lousy, shoddy, sub-par, trashy, useless, worthless |
| Main Entry: | grungy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty and unkempt |
| Synonyms: | cruddy, dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, scummy, scuzzy, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, unwashed, vile, wretched |
| Main Entry: | meretricious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | gaudy, flashy |
| Synonyms: | blatant, bogus, brazen, chintzy, counterfeit, garish, glaring, insincere, loud, misleading, ornate, phony, plastic, put-on, sham, showy, spurious, superficial, tawdry, tinsel, trashy |
| Notes: | meretricious means of or pertaining to prostitutes - alluring by vulgar or flashy display - based on pretense or insincerity; meritorious means deserving reward or praise |
| Antonyms: | genuine, real, undecorated, unembellished |
| Main Entry: | paltry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor; worthless |
| Synonyms: | base, beggarly, cheap, common, contemptible, derisory, despicable, inconsiderable, ineffectual, insignificant, limited, low, low-down, meager, mean, measly, minor, miserable, narrow, petty, picayune, piddling, pitiful, puny, set, shabby, shoddy, sleazy*, slight, small, sorry*, trashy, trifling, trivial, unconsequential, unimportant, vile, wretched |
| Notes: | paltry means not worth considering or contemptibly small in amount; petty means inferior in rank or status or contemptibly narrow in outlook |
| Antonyms: | important, rich, significant, substantial, wealthy, worthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pulp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, vulgar, especially regarding reading material |
| Synonyms: | lurid, mushy, rubbish, sensational, trash, trashy |
| Antonyms: | clean, moral, nice |
| Main Entry: | shoddy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in bad shape |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, cheesy*, common, dilapidated, dingy, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, gaudy, ignominious, inferior, inglorious, junky, makeshift, mean, not up to snuff, paltry, plastic, poor, pretentious, run-down, scruffy, second-rate, seedy, shabby, shady, shameful, sleazy*, slipshod, tacky*, tawdry, trashy, unrespectable |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sleazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disreputable |
| Synonyms: | base, broken-down, cheap, common, dilapidated, flimsy, limp, low, mean, paltry, poor, run-down, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sordid, squalid, tacky*, trashy, unsubstantial |
| Antonyms: | fine, good, nice, reputable, respectable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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