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trashy

/ˈtɹæʃi/

trashy adjective: like trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films.

Adjective

trashy (comparative trashier, superlative trashiest)

  1. Like trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films.
    • a trashy novel
    • It was nonsense this being in love; there wasn't such a thing as love outside of trashy novelettes.1899, H. G. Wells, “Chapter 5”, in Love and Mr. Lewisham
  2. Indecent or lacking class.
  3. Having or generating a lot of trash.
  4. Having a sound like white noise.
    • trashy cymbals
    • I needed to have a cymbal setup that allowed me the flexibility to play with a clean or trashy sound at any time.2001, Johnny Rabb, Jungle/Drum 'n' Bass for the Acoustic Drum Set, Alfred Music Publishing, →ISBN, page 20

trashy meaning in Urdu and Vietnamese

trashy in Urdu

بیکار

trashy in Vietnamese

like trash
cà khổ, cà gỉ, cà là gỉ

Examples of trashy in a sentence

  • Take to your bed with a trashy book or meet someone amusing for lunch.2011, Joey Reynolds, Myra Chanin, The Ultimate Cheesecake Cookbook, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 10:
  • "Michigan's taste in beer is so good, even its "trashy" brew of choice is an icon and a staple..."2021, Stroh's is Michigan's most popular 'trashy' beer, study says:

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Synonyms of trashy

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Forms of trashy

comparativetrashier
superlativetrashiest

Origin of trashy

From trash + -y.

Words formed from trashy

Phrases with trashy

Words that rhyme with trashy

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Questions about trashy

What does trashy mean?
Trashy means like trash; having low quality and a perceived lack of depth, especially of books and films.
What is trashy in Urdu?
Trashy in Urdu is بیکار. See Trashy meaning in Urdu.
How do you use trashy in a sentence?
Take to your bed with a trashy book or meet someone amusing for lunch.
What part of speech is trashy?
Trashy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce trashy?
Trashy is pronounced /ˈtɹæʃi/.

Words near trashy in the dictionary

  1. trashtalked
  2. trashtalking
  3. trashtalks
  4. trashterpiece
  5. trashterpieces
  6. trashy
  7. Trask
  8. traskite
  9. Trasks
  10. Trasquera
  11. trass

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trashy (page history and authors); trashy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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