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pacify
pacify
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {lenify},
{conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {placate},
{gentle}, {gruntle}]
2: fight violence and try to establish peace in (a location);
"The U.N. troops are working to pacify Bosnia"
[also: {pacified}]


tackier
tacky
adj 1: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried
and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy},
{cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},
{loud}, {meretricious}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
[also: {tackiest}, {tackier}]

tackier
See {tacky}


tackiest
tacky
adj 1: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried
and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy},
{cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},
{loud}, {meretricious}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
[also: {tackiest}, {tackier}]

tackiest
See {tacky}


tackiness
tackiness
n : tastelessness by virtue of being cheap and vulgar [syn: {cheapness},
{tat}, {sleaze}]


tacking
tacking
n 1: loose temporary stitches [syn: {baste}, {basting}]
2: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: {tack}]


tacky
tacky
adj 1: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried
and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: {brassy},
{cheap}, {flash}, {flashy}, {garish}, {gaudy}, {gimcrack},
{loud}, {meretricious}, {tatty}, {tawdry}, {trashy}]
[also: {tackiest}, {tackier}]


talkily
talkily
adv : in a chatty loquacious manner; "`When I was young,' she
continued loquaciously, `I used to do all sorts of
naughty things'" [syn: {loquaciously}, {garrulously}, {talkatively}]


wackily
wackily
adv : in a mildly insane manner; "the old lady is beginning to
behave quite dottily" [syn: {daftly}, {dottily}, {balmily},
{nuttily}]

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