Meanings
comparative more trinkety · superlative most trinkety
- informalResembling or characteristic of a trinket; gaudy and worthless.
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2008 January 6, Virginia Heffernan, “An Interface of One’s Own”, in New York TimesSynonyms: garish, tawdry, lousy, valueless, bedizened, blatant, blingish, brash
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a trinket; gaudy and worthless.
Origin
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