hortera — meaning in English

English meaning

• cheesy adj Tasting or smelling of cheese.
• gaudy adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
• tacky adj Cheap-looking, gaudy, or in poor taste.
• tawdry adj Cheap-looking and showy; gaudy in a low-quality way.
• trashy adj Cheap, low-quality, or lacking in taste or substance.

Senses

hortera is used for these senses in English:

• cheesy (informal) Overdramatic, excessively emotional or clichéd, trite, contrived.
• gaudy Very showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
• tacky (colloquial) In poor taste.
• tacky Gaudy or flashy.
• tawdry (of clothing, appearance, etc.) Cheap and gaudy; showy.
• trashy Indecent or lacking class.

cheesy — full definition

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

gaudy — full definition

1. adj Showy or overdecorated to the point of looking cheap or tasteless.
2. noun In British university tradition, a reunion dinner or feast held by an Oxford college for its former students.

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