trashy

[ trash-ee ]

adjective

, trash·i·er, trash·i·est.

1. of the nature of trash; inferior in quality; rubbishy; useless or worthless.
2. (of a field) strewn with trash, especially the withered vegetation from an earlier crop.

trashy

/ ˈtræʃɪ /

adjective

1. cheap, worthless, or badly made

Derived Forms

• ˈtrashily, adverb
• ˈtrashiness, noun

Other Words From

• trashi·ly adverb
• trashi·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of trashy¹

First recorded in 1610–20; trash + -y ¹

Example Sentences

“Donald Trumpet is a nasty man, he’s trashy,” Cross screamed in her sweet little voice.

From Salon

Trump — a lover of both "that garbage" and big trucks — doesn't seem to mind the election season's trashy turn.

From Salon

“I remember taking a class with a parole officer who was teaching all these trashy moves on the pole and the chair,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

A familiar resolution deflates the status the movie had earned up until that point as a wildly unpredictable work of trashy cleverness.

From Los Angeles Times

Craig Stanford, a human evolutionary biologist who has led USC’s Jane Goodall Research Center, says his colleagues often question his association with someone who directed something “really trashy” like “Tiger King.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• crummy
• sleazy
• tawdry