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pourri — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cheesy adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
  • dodgy adj Dishonest or unreliable; not to be trusted.
  • lousy adj Very poor in quality; remarkably bad.
  • rotten adj Decayed and spoiled, especially of food.
  • rubbish noun (chiefly British) Waste material; trash or garbage.
  • sleazy adjective Dishonest, corrupt, or morally low, often in a sordid or seedy way.
  • spoiled adjective No longer fit to eat or use; gone bad.
  • spoilt adj Ruined or damaged in a way that reduces its value or quality.

Senses

pourri is used for these senses in English:

  • cheesy (informal) Cheap, of poor quality.
  • dodgy (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.
  • rubbish (chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) Exceedingly bad; awful.
  • sleazy Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
  • spoiled (of a person, usually a child) Having a selfish or greedy character due to pampering.

cheesy — full definition

  1. adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
  2. adj Overly sentimental, corny, or of poor quality in an obvious way.

dodgy — full definition

  1. adj Dishonest or unreliable; not to be trusted.
  2. adj Risky, uncertain, or in poor condition.

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