tacky vs meretricious

tacky and meretricious both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
tacky	No	Yes	No	No
meretricious	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, tacky and meretricious are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of tacky include brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, tatty, tawdry, trashy.

tacky (adjective)	meretricious (adjective)
tastelessly showy	like or relating to a prostitute
(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch	based on pretense; deceptively pleasing
	tastelessly showy