kitschy

adjective

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitschy
  1. gaudy
  2. garish
  3. tawdry
  4. showy
  5. flashy
  6. ostentatious
  7. meretricious
  8. tacky
Adjective
  • The gaudy designs of fan-favorite heroes were toned down, their costumes shaded in muted tones.
    Jack King, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
  • Textures don’t have to be too gaudy but should add an interesting aspect to your look.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of gaudy
Adjective
  • Ryan enjoys the performances of Quinn and Hechinger, both perversely weird and in garish face powder and recalling Joaquin Phoenix’s incestuous turn in the first film, but the movie doesn’t quite go far enough into the twisted and weird.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Tom did grow up an orphan, under the care of his garish Aunt Dottie.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Definition of garish
Adjective
  • Paparazzi stalked him for tawdry headlines about his divorce with his first wife, Sadie Frost, in 2003, and he was even hacked by the U.K. tabloid News of the World, under secret surveillance for years without knowing it.
    Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
  • But our concern is not with tawdry tales of Ferraris, Rolexes, and ball gowns.
    Steve Weisman, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
Definition of tawdry
Adjective
  • Sun Exposure: Part to full shade Soil Type: Moist, well-draining, rich Soil pH: Slightly acidic to Neutral (6.5-7.5) USDA Hardiness Zones: 4 to 9 Hostas are well known for their showy foliage—and their propensity to attract slugs and snails.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The former President’s Boeing 757, known as Trump Force One, performed a showy flyover as thousands of supporters cheered.
    Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
Definition of showy
Adjective
  • While its interior design is less flashy than rivals from Ferrari and Lamborghini, the aesthetic is pleasing, and outward visibility is excellent.
    Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 6 Jan. 2023
  • If McCarthy falls shorts, that hands leverage to people are every bit as extreme as Greene, though slightly less flashy about it—Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar, and Matt Gaetz.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 3 Jan. 2023
Definition of flashy
Adjective
  • Founded in 1868, the Café de Paris is probably the most famous restaurant in Monaco and has an ostentatious Belle Époque style evoking an old Parisian bistro.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The Chinese government’s anti-corruption crackdown targeting high-ranking officials and wealthy individuals has led to less ostentatious and obvious shows of wealth.
    Hakyung Kim, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of ostentatious
Adjective
  • Denzel Washington stars as Macrinus, a meretricious arms dealer who own a stable of gladiators, while Joseph Quinn and Fred Hechinger are brothers and ruling emperors.
    Zoe Guy, Vulture, 1 July 2024
  • But as a character study, with Holocaust themes deepening the stakes of the domestic turmoil, the play holds up extremely well in its critique of a world that has lost its capacity for silence and that is prepared to sacrifice literature for meretricious distraction.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2024
Definition of meretricious
Adjective
  • Alexis Couture has the idea to throw a tacky bridesmaid dress party, and that is perhaps the first good and original theme that a Housewife has ever thought up on this show.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Nothing says your Southern Mama failed in raising you like a bunch of tacky nonsense coming out of your mouth, especially in front of the preacher's wife.
    Valerie Fraser Luesse, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of tacky
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kits (up or out)

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