Usually means: Increasingly sticky or cheap-looking.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word tackier:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. tackier: Merriam-Webster
  2. tackier, tackier: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. tackier: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tackier: Vocabulary.com
  5. tackier: Wordnik
  6. tackier: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. tackier: Wiktionary
  8. tackier: Dictionary.com
  9. tackier: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. tackier: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. tackier: Encyclopedia

(Note: See tacky as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (tacky)

adjective:  Of a substance, slightly sticky.
adjective:  (colloquial) Of low quality.
adjective:  (colloquial) In poor taste.
adjective:  Gaudy or flashy.
adjective:  Shabby, dowdy in one's appearance or dress.
noun:  Alternative form of tackey [(US, Southern US) A scrubby, neglected horse.]
▸ Also see tacky


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