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Cheap

A bargain; a purchase; cheapness.

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Affordable 84% connected

That may be afforded.

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Affordable 84% connected

That may be afforded.

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Catchpenny 84% connected

Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.

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Catchpenny 84% connected

Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show.

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Inferior 84% connected

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Inferior 84% connected

Lower in place, rank, excellence, etc.; less important or valuable; subordinate; underneath; beneath.

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Sixpenny 84% connected

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

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Sixpenny 84% connected

Of the value of, or costing, sixpence; as, a sixpenny loaf.

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Stingy 84% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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Stingy 84% connected

Stinging; able to sting.

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Tasteless 84% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Tasteless 84% connected

Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit.

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Threepenny 84% connected

Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

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Threepenny 84% connected

Costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean.

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Twopenny 84% connected

Of the value of twopence.

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Twopenny 84% connected

Of the value of twopence.

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Ungenerous 84% connected

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Ungenerous 84% connected

Not generous; illiberal; ignoble; unkind; dishonorable.

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Cheapness 74% connected

Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.

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Cheapness 74% connected

Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.

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Synonym 18

Brassy 92% connected

Of or pertaining to brass; having the nature, appearance, or hardness, of brass.

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Bum 92% connected

The buttock.

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Cheesy 92% connected

Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

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Crummy 92% connected

Full of crumb or crumbs.

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Flash 92% connected

To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

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Flashy 92% connected

Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright.

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Garish 92% connected

Showy; dazzling; ostentatious; attracting or exciting attention.

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Gaudy 92% connected

Ostentatiously fine; showy; gay, but tawdry or meretricious.

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Gimcrack 92% connected

A trivial mechanism; a device; a toy; a pretty thing.

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Inexpensive 92% connected

Not expensive; cheap.

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Loud 92% connected

Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder.

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Meretricious 92% connected

Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful; as, meretricious traffic.

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Punk 92% connected

Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.

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Sleazy 92% connected

Wanting firmness of texture or substance; thin; flimsy; as, sleazy silk or muslin.

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Tacky 92% connected

Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.

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Tawdry 92% connected

Bought at the festival of St. Audrey.

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Tinny 92% connected

Pertaining to, abounding with, or resembling, tin.

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Trashy 92% connected

Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.

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Antonym 2

Expensive 94% connected

Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

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Expensive 94% connected

Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family.

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