Tawdriness \Taw"dri*ness\, n. Quality or state of being tawdry. A clumsy person makes his ungracefulness more ungraceful by tawdriness of dress. --Richardson.
tawdriness n : tasteless showiness [syn: {flashiness}, {garishness}, {gaudiness}, {loudness}, {brashness}, {meretriciousness}, {glitz}]