Standing out somewhat incongruously amid all the tawdriness was a double mansion.
a seafront which is 100 per cent free of seaside tawdriness and slot machines
We could not resist following the case in all its luxurious tawdriness.
He fears casinos will bring a certain tawdriness to the business.
He is talking about cheapness, tawdriness, and so on.
His ruthless and violent pursuit of leads only points out the small-time tawdriness of the organisation he hopes to legitimise.
The creators of this film were fiercely determined not to go so much as a millimeter over the line into sentiment, tawdriness or mockery.