trashier; trashiest
trashiness
noun
Examples of trashy in a Sentence
Her outfit was a bit trashy.
I know that sequined shirt cost a lot of money, but I still think it looks kind of trashy.
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Finally, there's Rick (Walton Goggins) and his conspicuously young girlfriend Chelsea (Aimee Lou Wood), a somewhat trashy pair who look completely out of place among the posh and refined.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Tabloid Fiction The Pregnant Fugitive Heather O'Neill In which an author writes a short story inspired by the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre news items of the moment.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
My favorites of the period include classy auteur films (Trouble in Paradise, Shanghai Express), fun trashy romps (Baby Face, Night Nurse), social critiques (Heroes for Sale, Wild Boys of the Road), and dazzling extravaganzas (42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933).
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
And it was assumed that Edward Berger, whose terrifically trashy Conclave was a lock for Best Picture, would be No. 5.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
Tabloid Fiction The Pregnant Fugitive Heather O'Neill In which an author writes a short story inspired by the trashiest, most lurid, or just bizarre news items of the moment.
—Max Ufberg, hazlitt.net, 4 Jan. 2025
My favorites of the period include classy auteur films (Trouble in Paradise, Shanghai Express), fun trashy romps (Baby Face, Night Nurse), social critiques (Heroes for Sale, Wild Boys of the Road), and dazzling extravaganzas (42nd Street, Gold Diggers of 1933).
—Vox Staff, Vox, 23 Dec. 2024
And it was assumed that Edward Berger, whose terrifically trashy Conclave was a lock for Best Picture, would be No. 5.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Trashy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trashy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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