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meretricious, cheap, flashy, unrefined, inelegant, unaesthetic;
improper, wrong, indecorous, indelicate, uncultivated, uncouth,
uncultured, gauche, boorish, maladroit, distasteful, unsavoury,
coarse, crude, gross, vulgar, base, low: That is the most
tasteless dress I have ever seen. He made a tasteless remark
about her table manners. 2 insipid, bland, dull, flat, watery,
vapid, flavourless, unsavoury, Colloq wishy-washy: The tea
served there is completely tasteless.
tasty adj. delicious, delectable, luscious, flavorous, flavoursome,
flavourful, savoury, toothsome, palatable, appetizing, sapid,
mouth-watering, ambrosial, Colloq yummy, scrumptious: They
serve a very tasty curry at that Indian restaurant.
tatter n. 1 Often, tatters. scrap(s), rag(s), shred(s), bit(s),
piece(s): Tatters from the culprit's clothing were found on a
thorn-bush. 2 in tatters. in ruins, in shreds, destroyed,
ruined, shattered, in disarray, demolished: My life has been in
tatters ever since she left me.
tattered adj. ragged, torn, shredded, rent, threadbare: Above the altar
in the chapel hang the tattered standards of the regiment,
dating from the Crimean War.
tattle v. 1 blab, tell, reveal or divulge, give away secrets, Slang
squeal: Though sworn to silence, Davis tattled. 2 gossip,
prattle, prate, babble, chatter, jabber, blather or blether,
Brit natter, witter, Slang yack: The old crones were tattling
away in the kitchen.
taunt v. 1 tease, jeer (at), flout, twit, mock, torment, annoy, make
fun or sport of, poke fun at, deride, sneer (at), scoff (at),
insult, ridicule, burlesque, lampoon, US ride, Colloq kid, rib,
roast, put down, Brit guy, Slang bug, rag, hassle, US get on
(someone's) case: The boys used to taunt him, calling him
'Shrimpo' because he was so short.
--n. 2 jeer, gibe, brickbat, insult, scoff, derision, sneer,
slap (in the face), raspberry, Colloq dig, US Bronx cheer: At
17, he was six feet tall and no longer had to tolerate his
classmates' taunts.
taut adj. 1 tight, tense, strained, stretched, rigid, stiff: When