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kitschy

adjective
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As an adjective, kitschy means having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.

Meanings of kitschy

2 meanings

adjective

  1. Having the nature of kitsch: excessively sentimental, overdone or vulgar.

  2. Effusively or insincerely emotional

    “a bathetic novel”

    “maudlin expressions of sympathy”

    “mushy effusiveness”

    Similar: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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adjective: effusively or insincerely emotional
batheticdrippyhokeymaudlinmawkishmushyschmaltzyschmalzy

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