"Tawdry"

Tawdry
To most of us, that is a word with fairly strong negative connotations.
Let’s recall how dictionaries define it:
At dictionary.reference.com we find

taw-dry
adjective, taw·dri·er, taw·dri·est.
1. (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
2. low or mean; base: tawdry motives.
noun
3. cheap, gaudy apparel.