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Trashy vs Sophisticated - What's the difference?

trashy | sophisticated |

As adjectives the difference between trashy and sophisticated

is that trashy is like trash; containing much trash while sophisticated is having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.

As a verb sophisticated is

(sophisticate).

trashy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Like trash; containing much trash
    • a trashy novel

    Synonyms

    * rejected * useless * waste * worthless

    References

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    sophisticated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.
  • Elegant, refined.
  • Complicated, especially of complex technology.
  • Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
  • (obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.

    • Antonyms

    * (having obtained worldly experience) provincial

    Synonyms

    * (having obtained worldly experience) worldly

    Related terms

    * sophisticate * sophist * sophistry * philosophy

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sophisticate)

    • References

    Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition 1997