Definition of tawdry

• superl. - Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.
• superl. - Very fine and showy in colors, without taste or elegance; having an excess of showy ornaments without grace; cheap and gaudy; as, a tawdry dress; tawdry feathers; tawdry colors.
• n. - A necklace of a rural fashion, bought at St. Audrey's fair; hence, a necklace in general.