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What is the adjective for tackiness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb tack which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

tacky
  1. (colloquial) Of low quality.
  2. (colloquial) In poor taste.
  3. Gaudy, flashy, showy, garish.
  4. Dowdy, shabbily dressed.
  5. Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance.
  6. Synonyms:
  7. Examples:
    1. “I will be out trolling the streets of Long Island, looking for the most tasteless, tacky decorations I can find.”
      “Iain stared at Haven, her hair spilling out from under the tacky denim hat.”
      “It looks like any elderly couple's home with the tacky old couch and chair and an array of family portraits on the wall.”
tacky
  1. Of a substance, slightly sticky.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I will be out trolling the streets of Long Island, looking for the most tasteless, tacky decorations I can find.”
      “Iain stared at Haven, her hair spilling out from under the tacky denim hat.”
      “It looks like any elderly couple's home with the tacky old couch and chair and an array of family portraits on the wall.”
tackless
  1. Without tacks.
  2. Examples:
    1. “To protect your hands, always wear heavy work gloves when handling tackless strips.”
      “I count more than 150 horses, many with fancy tack, and two tackless mules.”
      “Carpets can sometimes be installed without using any adhesives by using the stretched-in, tackless strip method.”
tacked
tacking
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