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      »   The adj cheap has 4 meanings (first 3 from tagged texts)
  • cheap, Inexpensive1.) Cheap, inexpensive -- (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants")

    inexpensive -- (Relatively1.) Relatively, comparatively -- (in a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now")

    relatively low in Price1.) Price, terms, damage -- (the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?")

    2.) Monetary value, price, cost -- (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection")

    price or Charging1.) Charge, bear down -- (to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle; "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork")

    2.) Charge, accuse -- (blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against; "he charged thee director with indifference")

    charging low Prices1.) Price, terms, damage -- (the amount of money needed to purchase something; "the price of gasoline"; "he got his new car on excellent terms"; "how much is the damage?")

    2.) Monetary value, price, cost -- (the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold); "the fluctuating monetary value of gold and silver"; "he puts a high price on his services"; "he couldn't calculate the cost of the collection")

    prices; "it would have been cheap at Twice1.) Twice -- (two times; "I called her twice")

    2.) Doubly, double, twice -- (to double the degree; "she was doubly rewarded"; "his eyes were double bright")

    twice the price"; "Inexpensive1.) Cheap, inexpensive -- (relatively low in price or charging low prices; "it would have been cheap at twice the price"; "inexpensive family restaurants")

    inexpensive family restaurants")
  • brassy, cheap, Flash1.) Flash -- (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)

    2.) Flash -- (a momentary brightness)

    flash, flashy, Garish1.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    garish, gaudy, Gimcrack1.) Folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery -- (ornamental objects of no great value)

    1.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    gimcrack, loud, Meretricious1.) Meretricious -- (like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships")

    2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    meretricious, tacky, Tatty1.) Moth-eaten, ratty, shabby, tatty -- (showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains")

    2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    tatty, tawdry, Trashy1.) Rubbishy, trashy -- (cheap and inferior; of no value; "rubbishy newspapers that form almost the sole reading of the majority"; "trashy merchandise")

    2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    trashy -- (Tastelessly1.) Tastelessly -- (without taste or in poor taste; in a tasteless manner; "the house was tastelessly decorated")

    tastelessly showy; "a Flash1.) Flash -- (a sudden intense burst of radiant energy)

    2.) Flash -- (a momentary brightness)

    flash car"; "a Flashy1.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    2.) Flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, sporty -- ((used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display)

    flashy ring"; "Garish1.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    garish colors"; "a Gaudy1.) Gaudy -- (a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university)

    1.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    gaudy costume"; "Loud1.) Loud -- (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones")

    2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    loud sport shirts"; "a Meretricious1.) Meretricious -- (like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships")

    2.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    meretricious yet Stylish1.) Stylish, fashionable -- (having elegance or taste or refinement in manners or dress; "a little less posh but every bit as stylish as Lord Peter Wimsey"; "the stylish resort of Gstadd")

    2.) Fashionable, stylish -- (being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe")

    stylish book"; "Tawdry1.) Brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy -- (tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments")

    2.) Cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry -- (cheap and shoddy; "cheapjack moviemaking...that feeds on the low taste of the mob"- Judith Crist)

    tawdry ornaments")
  • bum, cheap, Cheesy1.) Bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny -- (of very poor quality; flimsy)

    cheesy, chintzy, Crummy1.) Bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny -- (of very poor quality; flimsy)

    crummy, punk, Sleazy1.) Sleazy -- (of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining")

    2.) Bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny -- (of very poor quality; flimsy)

    sleazy, tinny -- (of very Poor1.) Poor people, poor -- (people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group); "the urban poor need assistance")

    1.) Hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched -- (deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "Oh, you poor thing"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life")

    poor quality; flimsy)
  • cheap, Chinchy1.) Cheap, chinchy, chintzy -- (embarrassingly stingy)

    chinchy, chintzy -- (Embarrassingly1.) Embarrassingly -- (causing embarrassment; "the great man was embarrassingly humble and self-effacing")

    embarrassingly stingy)

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