Difference between Meretricious and Tacky

MERETRICIOUS vs TACKY: NOUN

A long and stout branch of mimosa with the thorns left on at the end.
An ill-fed or neglected horse; a rough, bony nag: sometimes used also of persons in the like condition. Also tackey and ticky.
An ill-conditioned, ill-fed, or neglected horse; also, a person in a like condition.

Tastelessly gaudy; superficially attractive but having no substance; falsely alluring.
Deceptive or based on deception; seeming plausible, but based on pretense or insincerity; deceptive; misleading; insincere; specious.
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; having to do with harlots; lustful.
Of or relating to prostitutes or prostitution.
Plausible but false or insincere; specious.
Attracting attention in a vulgar manner.
Tastelessly showy
Like or relating to a prostitute
Resembling the arts of a harlot; alluring by false show; gaudily and deceitfully ornamental; tawdry.
Based on pretense; deceptively pleasing

(of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch
Tastelessly showy
Sticky; adhesive; raw; -- said of paint, varnish, etc., when not well dried.
Dowdy, shabby, or neglected in appearance; unkempt.
In poor taste; appearing cheap; gaudy; unstylish. Broadly used to describe objects whose style is disapproved of by the speaker.
Tactless; in poor taste; -- used to describe behavior.
Of a substance, slightly sticky.
Of low quality.
In poor taste.
Gaudy, flashy, showy, garish
Dowdy, shabbily dressed
Shabby, dowdy (in one's appearance)

Deceptively pleasing
Based on pretense
Of or pertaining to prostitutes; wanton; libidinous.
Alluring by false attractions; having a gaudy but deceitful appearance; tawdry; showy: as, meretricious dress or ornaments.

Adhesive; sticky; tenacious: noting viscous substances or surfaces. Also tackey.
Unkempt; rough; shabby; ill-fed: said of persons or animals.
Bad; poor; miserable.

Loud, Flashy, Cheap, Tatty, Brassy, Gilded, Gaudy, Insincere, Tasteless, Garish, Trashy, Tacky, Tawdry, Gimcrack, Specious

In poor taste, Flash, Loud, Wet, Brassy, Cheap, Meretricious, Gimcrack, Flashy, Tawdry, Tatty, Gaudy, Tasteless, Trashy, Garish

Loud, Flashy, Cheap, Tatty, Brassy, Gilded, Gaudy, Insincere, Tasteless, Garish, Trashy, Tacky, Tawdry, Gimcrack, Specious

In poor taste, Flash, Loud, Wet, Brassy, Cheap, Meretricious, Gimcrack, Flashy, Tawdry, Tatty, Gaudy, Tasteless, Trashy, Garish

The message may be meretricious, but the end result is a net positive.
True taste abhors meretricious ornaments, as much as the gospel does.
In all of this, there was nothing meretricious, nothing affected.
It certainly possesses much real merit, in addition to its meretricious attractions.
Our alimony modification private investigators use proven strategies to uncover meretricious relationships.
The Mormons are highly politically motivated, opinionated and more than somewhat meretricious.
There are very specific standards regarding so called meretricious relationships.
Much that was presumptuous and meretricious withered under his gaze.
This gay life here was meretricious and artificial, I decided.
In a word, meretricious, like the houses Gabbay dislikes.