Trashy vs. Tacky — What's the Difference?

Resembling or containing trash; cheap or worthless

Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.

In very poor taste or of very poor quality

Lacking style or good taste; tawdry

Like trash; having low quality, especially of books and films.

Distasteful or offensive; tasteless

Having or generating a lot of trash

Flimsy, rundown, or in poor repair

(music) Having a sound like white noise.

Of a substance, slightly sticky.

Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.

(colloquial) Of low quality.

Cheap and inferior; of no value;

(colloquial) In poor taste.

Tastelessly showy;

Gaudy or flashy.

Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.

Sticky; adhesive; raw; - said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.

Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.

In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.

Tactless; in poor taste; - used to describe behavior.

An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.

(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch;

Tastelessly showy;