kitschy meaning

UK US

kitschy (adjective): effusively or insincerely emotional.

Definition of kitschy

  1. effusively or insincerely emotional
    • a bathetic novel
    • maudlin expressions of sympathy
    • mushy effusiveness
    • a schmaltzy song
    • sentimental soap operas
    • slushy poetry

    Synonyms: bathetic, drippy, hokey, maudlin, mawkish, mushy, schmaltzy, schmalzy, sentimental, sappy, soppy, soupy, slushy

    Similar: emotional

Scrabble score: 19 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with KI · words ending in HY · 7-letter words

More about kitschy on Wikipedia.