gimmicked (up)

adjective

Definition of gimmicked (up)next
as in overwrought

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gimmicked (up)
  1. overwrought
  2. showy
  3. exuberant
  4. extravagant
  5. grandiose
  6. flamboyant
  7. ostentatious
  8. magnificent
Adjective
  • Everything falls apart once overwrought tragedy strikes in the final act, and the characters’ angst is much less compelling than their all-consuming lust.
    Josh Bell, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Rather than an overwrought updo, Brigitte Bardot opted for her easy bombshell blonde for her wedding to actor Jacques Charrier. 14.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of overwrought
Adjective
  • Rainy springtime walk in Central Park This is a showy couple with a penchant for theatrics.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The operatic numbers are showy and gorgeous, with great costumes and production design.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of showy
Adjective
  • Tascioni is an exuberant person by nature, which many antagonists mistake for naivete.
    Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And the city’s best season, the exuberant weeks leading up to Mardi Gras, was on its way.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Definition of exuberant
Adjective
  • The gang leader wasn't greedy with his newfound riches, though, instead showering family and close friends with extravagant gifts.
    Matt Cabral, EW.com, 12 Jan. 2025
  • As for the gifts, though in this case extravagant, aren’t those part of a writer’s life as well?
    Han Ong, The New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of extravagant
Adjective
  • And then there is Trump himself, who has grandiose ideas of his own, such as taking back control of the Panama Canal, levying tariffs on Mexico and Canada, purchasing Greenland, and getting countries in the region to accept U.S. deportees whose home countries have repeatedly refused to take them.
    Michael Wilner, Miami Herald, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Over-indexing on strategy may lead to grandiose ambitions that wilt without the tactical discipline, metrics, and incentives that drive performance.
    Mark Nevins, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of grandiose
Adjective
  • Everybody thought the flamboyant New York investor paid $10 million in cash for the huge compound and an adjacent parcel in 1985.
    Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
  • With some of the biggest stars in television and film in attendance, there was no shortage of fabulous and flamboyant formal wear.
    The Styles Desk, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of flamboyant
Adjective
  • According to Butler and Desai, chick lit tends to celebrate an ostentatious culture of globe-trotting shopping sprees—mainly in Western centers of fashion and power, such as London and New York.
    H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The actor’s approach to method dressing was expansive: from a modest 1997 Christian Dior skirt-set patterned with delicate daisies, to ostentatious power-clashing pieces from Christopher John Rogers.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of ostentatious
Adjective
  • Several national parks, including Grand Teton, Glacier and, of course, Rocky Mountain, are all part of this magnificent mountain range, which stretches into Canada.
    Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
  • United, managed by Sir Alex Ferguson, had a magnificent side, yet the iconic picture doesn’t tell the whole story.
    Andy Mitten, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of magnificent
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