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TACKINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tackiness mean?
• TACKINESS (noun)
The noun TACKINESS has 2 senses:
1. the property of being cohesive and sticky
2. tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Familiarity information: TACKINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The property of being cohesive and sticky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
cohesiveness; glueyness; gluiness; gumminess; ropiness; tackiness; viscidity; viscidness
Hypernyms ("tackiness" is a kind of...):
viscosity; viscousness (resistance of a liquid to shear forces (and hence to flow))
Derivation:
tacky ((of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
cheapness; sleaze; tackiness; tat
Hypernyms ("tackiness" is a kind of...):
tastelessness (inelegance indicated by a lack of good taste)
Derivation:
tacky (tastelessly showy)
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