kitsch

kitsch  (kch)

n.

1. Sentimentality or vulgar, often pretentious bad taste, especially in the arts: "When money tries to buy beauty it tends to purchase a kind of courteous kitsch" (William H. Gass).

2. An example or examples of kitsch.

adj.

Of, being, or characterized by kitsch: "The kitsch kitchen ... has aqua-and-white gingham curtains and rubber duck-yellow walls painted in a fried-egg motif" (Suzanne Cassidy).

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[German, probably of dialectal origin.]

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kitschi·fy v.

kitschy adj.

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kitsch [kɪtʃ]

n

a.  tawdry, vulgarized, or pretentious art, literature, etc., usually with popular or sentimental appeal

b.  (as modifier) a kitsch plaster bust of Beethoven

[from German]

kitschy  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

kitsch - excessively garish or sentimental art; usually considered in bad taste art, fine art - the products of human creativity; works of art collectively; "an art exhibition"; "a fine collection of art"

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kitsch

noun bad taste, vulgarity, coarseness, tastelessness, grossness, tawdriness, gaudiness, lack of refinement a hideous ballgown verging on the kitsch

Translations

kitsch [kɪtʃ]

A. ADJ → kitsch, cursi

B. N → kitsch m, cursilería f

kitsch [ˈkɪtʃ]

n → kitsch m inv

adj → kitsch inv

kitsch

n → Kitsch m

kitsch [kɪtʃ]

1. n → kitsch m inv

2. adj → kitsch inv

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kitsch [kɪtʃ]

1. n → kitsch m inv

2. adj → kitsch inv